Bretton Woods system 1945-1972 Bretton Woods. New hampshire ations at Named for a 1944 meeting of 44 The purpose was to design a postwar international monetary system e The goal was exchange rate stability without the gold standard o The result was the creation of the imf and the World bank McGraw-Hilylrwoin 2-9 Copyright@ 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rightsMcGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2-9 Bretton Woods System: 1945-1972 ⚫ Named for a 1944 meeting of 44 nations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. ⚫ The purpose was to design a postwar international monetary system. ⚫ The goal was exchange rate stability without the gold standard. ⚫ The result was the creation of the IMF and the World Bank