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The International Monetary Fund is the institution the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference created to oversee the postwar system of fixed exchange rates centered on the US dollar and gold and to provide short-term financial assistance to member countries facing balance-of-payments difficulties. It began operating in 1945 alongside the World Bank as one of the two Bretton Woods institutions.

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Founded Year
1945 1
Founded Date
1945-12-27 2
Headquarters
700 19th Street NW, Washington, D.C., United States 2
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1. Bretton Woods Conference (Office of the Historian)
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
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The IMF was charged with overseeing a system of fixed exchange rates centered on the U.S. dollar and gold.
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2. International Monetary Fund (Wikipedia)
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The IMF formally came into existence on 27 December 1945, when the first 29 countries ratified its Articles of Agreement.
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2. International Monetary Fund (Wikipedia)
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700 19th Street NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
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