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gold standard loses control of Ms 2. World inflation determined by gold production 6 169。 2023 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Fixed Exchange Rate Systems Bretton Woods 1. Fixed exchange rates 2. Other central banks keep exchange rates fixed to $: $ is reserve currency 3. $ convertible into gold for central banks only ($35 per ounce) 4. International Moary Fund (IMF) sets rules and provides loans to deficit countries 5. World Bank makes loans to developing countries European Moary System 1. Value of currency not allowed outside “snake” 2. New currency unit: ECU 3. Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) Key weakness of fixed rate system Asymmetry: pressure on deficit countries losing international reserves to ? M, but no pressure on surplus countries to ? M 7 169。 2023 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Intervention in a Fixed Exchange Rate System 8 169。 2023 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Analysis of Figure 2: Intervention in a Fixed