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The United States left the gold standard in two main stages: first for domestic use in 1933, and then completely for international trade in 1971.
Read more about this history from the St. Louis Fed.
The First Step: 1933
- Domestic Stop: President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped U.S. citizens from trading paper money for gold.
- Bank Rules: On April 20, 1933, the government stopped paying out gold and banned gold exports.
- New Laws: The Gold Reserve Act of 1934 made private gold ownership illegal and set the price of gold at $35 per ounce.
The Final Step: 1971
- International Stop: President Richard Nixon ended the direct convertibility of the U.S. dollar to gold on August 15, 1971.
- Nixon Shock: This major policy shift is known as the Nixon shock.
- Foreign Limits: Foreign governments could no longer exchange U.S. dollars for gold from the U.S. treasury.
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Nov 8, 2017 — The U.S. came off the gold standard for domestic transactions in 1933 under President Franklin Roosevelt and ended international convertibility ...
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