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Floating Exchange Rates

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United Kingdom: Sterling Float and Black Wednesday (1972-1992)

1967 - 1992

Russia: Ruble Liberalization and the 1998 Financial Crisis (1992-1998)

1992 - 1998

Plaza Accord and Coordinated Currency Intervention (1985-1987)

1985 - 1987

Nixon Shock and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods (1971-1973)

1944 - 1978

Mexican Peso Crisis and the Peso Float (1994-1995)

1994 - 1997

Jamaica Agreement and IMF Acceptance of Floating Rates (1976-1978)

1971 - 1980

Iceland: Krona Float, Banking Collapse, and Capital Controls (2008-2011)

2008 - 2011

Global FX Market Liberalization and the Rise of Electronic Trading (1980-2005)

1979 - 2004

European Monetary Union: From National Floats to the Euro (1992-1999)

1992 - 1999

China: RMB Exchange Rate Reform and the Managed Float (2005-2015)

2005 - 2015

Canada: Transition to a Floating Canadian Dollar and Commodity-Linked Volatility (1970-1990)

1962 - 1991

Brazil: Real Plan and the Real's Float (1994-2002)

1993 - 2002

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