Sumários

22 Maio 2025, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

6. International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview

- Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates 1944–1973.

- Collapse of the Bretton Woods system.

- Advantages of the Floating Exchange Rate System

21 Maio 2025, 08:00 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

6. International Monetary Systems: An Historical Overview

- Goals of macroeconomic policies—internal and external balance

- Gold standard era 1870–1914

- International monetary system during interwar period 1918–1939

- Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates 1944–1973

20 Maio 2025, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

5. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

- balance of payment crisis and capital flight

- Types of fixed exchange rates: reserve currency and gold standard systems

15 Maio 2025, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

5.Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

- How the central bank fixes the exchange rate

- Monetary and fiscal policies under fixed exchange rates

- Financial market crises and capital flight (introduction)

13 Maio 2025, 09:30 • Alexandra Ferreira Lopes

5.Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

- Balance sheets of central banks

- Intervention in the foreign exchange markets and the money supply