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Volume of their international trade, national income, and their international reserve holdings. Part

of the contribution is in gold, the remainder in the nation’s own currency.

Under the Bretton Woods System, exchange rates were pegged to one another and were stable,

Participating nations were obligated to maintain these rates by using stabilization funds, gold, or

borrowings from the IMF. Persistent or “fundamental” payments deficits could be met by IMF —

s anctioned currency devaluations.

However, slowdown of growth rates of economic development and currency crisis at the end of

the 60s caused inflationary processes to rise.

The effects of the large trade deficit of the US were manifold. The deficit had a contractionary

effect upon the US domestic economy. American export-dependent industries experienced defines

In output, employment, and profits, thereby generating political pressures for protection.

The United States as well as the UK became the world’s largest debtor nations.

These and a number of other factors led to the crisis of the Bretton Woods Monetary System.

The Jamaica Monetary System (JS) was agreed upon at the conference of the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) in Kingston (Jamaica) in 1976, which led to the establishment of a new

e x hange system. The floating exchange rates based on a free choice are the core of the JS. This

standard is based on the following principles:

abolishing the monetary gold parity

a few key exchange rates (the Deutschmark, the pound sterling, the yen) are available, i.e. the

system is polycentric

freely convertible currency (exchange) becomes a means of international payments

there are no exchange rate margins of fluctuations

the central banks of the nations are not liable to intervene in the exchange markets operation,

but they can exercise currency intervention to stabilize the rate of national currencies

the IMF observes the nations’ policy in the sphere of exchange rates.

As a result, a system of managed floating exchange rates has come into use. Rates are generally

set up by market forces, although governments intervene with varying frequency to alter their exchange

rates.

Under the JS, there exist a number of exchange rate systems: fixed rate of exchange, floating

a te of exchange, and mixed rate of exchange.

Between 1980 and 1988 the United States experienced a rapidly growing international trade

deficit. The US became the world’s largest debtor nation. The appreciated dollar of the mid-1980s

posed special problems for the less developed nations with large external dollar-denominated debts

and for oil-importing nations. The contradictions in the economic policy of the US caused crises

In different regions of the world.

In answer to the instability of the JS and for the integration purposes, the countries of the

European Economic Community established their own monetary system — the European Economic

and Monetary Union on the Euro basis.

6.4.1. Terminological Vocabulary to Text 6.4. Try to memorize it

1. international payments — международные расчеты

2. wealth — богатство

3. international liquidity — международная ликвидность

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4. credit and financial obligations — кредитно-финансовые обязательства

5. rate of exchange — валютный курс

6. currency (exchange) markets — валютные рынки

7. gold standard — золотой стандарт

8. floating rate — плавающий курс

9. gold-value — золотовалютный

10. banknotes — банкноты (беспроцентные кредитные билеты, заменяющие бумажные

деньги)

11. freely convertible — свободно конвертируемый

12. bank’s reserves — банковские резервы

13. liabilities — пассивы

14. gold coin standard — золотомонетный стандарт

15. gold bullion standard — золотослитковый стандарт

16. gold exchange standard — золотодевизный стандарт

17. “exchanges” —девизы

18. the means of payment —платежное средство

19. Troy ounce of gold —тройская унция золота (31,1035 г золота)

20. reserve holdings —резервные фонды

21. stabilization funds —стабилизационные фонды

22. borrowing —заем

23. export-dependent industries —экспортно-ориентированные отрасли

24. currency intervention —валютная интервенция

25. debtor nation —должник (государство)

6.4.2. Commentary and Notes to Text 6.4

1. a complex of political and economic tools — совокупность политических и экономических

инструментов

2. interstate authorities — межгосударственные органы

3. international monetary systems — международные валютные системы

4. fixed exchange rates — фиксированные курсы обмена

5. to be tied hard — жестко привязываться

6. a certain quantity of gold — определенное количество золота

7. domestic money supply — внутренняя денежная масса (находящаяся в обороте страны)

8. international debts — международные (внешние) долги

9. a balance of payments surplus — положительное сальдо организаций

10. for overseas monetary authorities — для международных финансовых расчетов

11. the times of the Great Depression — времена Великой депрессии

12. to redeem — изымать из обращения

13. a change-over to... — переход на...

14. parities of national depreciated currencies — паритеты национальных обесцененных валют

15. the deficiencies of the gold standard — недостатки золотого стандарта

16. to serve a role of the world money — выполнять роль мировых денег

17. a deep economic dependence — глубокая экономическая зависимость

18. world stock of gold — мировой запас золота

19. great fluctuations — большие колебания

20. exchange rates were pegged... — валютные курсы привязывались...

21. “fundamental” payments deficits — масштабные платежные дефициты

22. slowdown of growth rates of economic development — замедление экономического роста

23. a contractionary effect on... — сдерживающее воздействие на...

24. the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — Международный валютный фонд

25. the monetary gold parity — монетный, денежный паритет золота

26. the exchange rate margin of fluctuations — предел колебаний валютного курса

27. the appreciated dollar — завышенный курс доллара

28. external dollar-denominated debts — внешняя задолженность в долларах

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6.5. Reading for Specific Information + Language Study

6 .5.1. Oral Practice. Work with a partner and discuss these comprehension questions on text 6.4.

1. What is the world monetary system?

2. What monetary systems do you know?

3. Which three conditions must a nation observe when it is on the gold standard?

4. Till what year was the UK on the gold standard?

5. What were the peculiarities of using the gold standard in the US?

6 .Till what year was the dollar convertible into gold in the US?

7. Does Switzerland still require a percentage of its currency to be supported by gold?

8. What were “exchanges” used for?

9. What were the decisions of the Bretton Woods International Conference concerning the American

dollar?

10. What were the conditions of the Bretton Woods Conference which member nations were required

to accept?

11. How were the contributions to the IMF’s operating funds determined, according to the Bretton

Woods Conference?

12. What influenced the US economy under the Bretton Woods System? What are the main factors?

13. What is the basis of the Jamaica Monetary System?

14. How are rates generally set up under the Jamaica Monetary System?

15. What measures did European nations take in answer to the instability of the JS?

6.5.2. Oral/Written Practice. Find the English equivalents in Text 6.4

Compare your answers with those of your partner.

отклонения от фиксированного курса были минимальными

в терминах золотого содержания (определенного количества золота)

внутренняя денежная масса

международные долги уплачивались (регулировались) золотом

резервы Центрального банка

процент (доля) валюты, находящейся в обращении

золотомонетный и золотослитковый стандарты... изжили себя

сохранять паритеты национальных обесцененных валют

недостатки золотого стандарта

механизм автоматического регулирования

большие колебания валют по отношению друг к другу

поддерживать стабилизационные фонды

девальвация валюты

самые большие страны-должники

полицентричная система

быстро растущий внешнеторговый дефицит

большая внешняя задолженность