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Floating exchange rate system

変動相場制 / floating exchange rates — Institutions

A system where the price of a currency is determined by the daily market, not by government promises. Major currencies shifted to this in 1973.

Overview: the world — Japan / The Yen Today
Overview: the world Japan / The Yen Today

A system where the price of a currency is determined by the daily market, not by government promises. Major currencies transitioned to this in 1973, ending the 27-year era of Bretton Woods fixed exchange rates.

⚠ In place of the "battle to defend the exchange rate," a "daily life swayed by the market" began. Which is easier has not yet been settled.