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Bretton Woods system

financial-economic agreement reached in 1944
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Summary

Bretton Woods system is a financial system[1]. It draws 13,485 Wikipedia views per month (financial system category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: treaty[3], summit[4]
  • Named after: Bretton Woods[5]
  • Location: Bretton Woods[6]
  • Point in time: July 22, 1944[7]
  • Participant: Australia[8], Canada[9], Japan[10], Western Europe[11]
  • Significant event: Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development[12], Bretton Woods Conference[13]
  • Described at URL: https://baike.sogou.com/v63195.htm[14]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Global Justice[15]
  • Has immediate cause: Bretton Woods Conference[16]
  • Different from: Buttonwood Agreement[17]

Why It Matters

Bretton Woods system has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Australia Canada Japan treaty

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Bretton Woods
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1883465
    Significant event → Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bretton Woods Conference
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
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