Am 26. Juli 1945 kommentiert die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde die Ratifizierung der Währungsabkommen von Bretton Woods durch den amerikanischen Senat und beschreibt die herausragende Rolle des Dollar und der Vereinigten Staaten in dem neuen internationalen Währungssystem.

On 20 July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, delegates from 44 countries sign agreements which establish the gold exchange standard and make the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.

John Maynard Keynes, an internationally renowned economist and financial adviser at the British Treasury, at the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944. At the conference, 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.

Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Treasury Secretary, at the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944. At the conference, 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.

On 20 July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, the delegates from 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold. From left to right: M. S. Stepanov (USSR), John Maynard Keynes (United Kingdom) and Vladimir Rybar (Yugoslavia).