A Utilização do dólar como variável de ajuste no Sistema Monetário Internacional: os Acordos de Plaza e a recuperação econômica norte-americana

Abstract

The United States is seeking its place in the International Monetary System since the bimetallic standard. In this sense, it’s possible observe that necessarily from the Bretton Woods System the dollar ensures expressiveness in the global economy. However, on the floating dollar standard, through the Plaza Accord of 1985 that the American state can reassert its hegemony and secure commercial advantages for themselves, mainly by having the international currency.