Smithsonian Agreement
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The Smithsonian Agreement was a 1971 international accord that restructured the postwar monetary system by devaluing the U.S. dollar and widening currency exchange rate bands, marking a key step away from the Bretton Woods gold standard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smithsonian Agreement canonical | 2 |
| Smithsonian Accord | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2230198 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithsonian Agreement Context triple: [Nixon shock, followedBy, Smithsonian Agreement]
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
Madrid Agreement
The Madrid Agreement is an international treaty that allows trademark owners to seek protection for their marks in multiple countries through a single registration procedure administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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C.
Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
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D.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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E.
Convention de Washington
La Convention de Washington est un traité international majeur visant à réglementer le commerce des espèces sauvages menacées afin de préserver la biodiversité mondiale.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithsonian Agreement Target entity description: The Smithsonian Agreement was a 1971 international accord that restructured the postwar monetary system by devaluing the U.S. dollar and widening currency exchange rate bands, marking a key step away from the Bretton Woods gold standard.
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
Madrid Agreement
The Madrid Agreement is an international treaty that allows trademark owners to seek protection for their marks in multiple countries through a single registration procedure administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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C.
Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
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D.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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E.
Convention de Washington
La Convention de Washington est un traité international majeur visant à réglementer le commerce des espèces sauvages menacées afin de préserver la biodiversité mondiale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency realignment accord
ⓘ
international monetary agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
correct U.S. balance of payments disequilibrium
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reduce trade imbalances among major economies ⓘ stabilize international exchange markets ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Smithsonian Accord
ⓘ
linked to:
Smithsonian Agreement
|
| category |
1971 in international relations
ⓘ
International economic history ⓘ Monetary reform ⓘ |
| citySigned | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| countrySigned |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateSigned | 1971-12-18 ⓘ |
| fluctuationBandWidth | ±2.25% ⓘ |
| followed | Nixon shock ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
last major attempt to preserve a fixed exchange rate system based on the dollar
ⓘ
transitional step toward generalized floating exchange rates ⓘ |
| introduced | wider fluctuation margins around par values ⓘ |
| limitedConvertibility | U.S. dollar into gold ⓘ |
| marked | step away from Bretton Woods gold standard ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | finance ministers of major industrial countries ⓘ |
| negotiatedUnder |
auspices of the International Monetary Fund
ⓘ
auspices of the United States Treasury ⓘ |
| participant |
Canada
ⓘ
France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
West Germany ⓘ |
| participantGroup | Group of Ten ⓘ |
| partOf | post–World War II international monetary system ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| policyChange |
devaluation of the U.S. dollar
ⓘ
revaluation of major foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar ⓘ widening of exchange rate bands ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bretton Woods system ⓘ |
| reformed | fixed exchange rate system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
collapse of the gold exchange standard
ⓘ
end of the Bretton Woods system ⓘ |
| restructured | postwar monetary system ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
higher official dollar price of gold
ⓘ
official devaluation of the dollar against gold ⓘ revaluation of other European currencies ⓘ revaluation of the Deutsche Mark ⓘ revaluation of the Japanese yen ⓘ |
| supersededBy | move to floating exchange rates in 1973 ⓘ |
| year | 1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Smithsonian Agreement Description of subject: The Smithsonian Agreement was a 1971 international accord that restructured the postwar monetary system by devaluing the U.S. dollar and widening currency exchange rate bands, marking a key step away from the Bretton Woods gold standard.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Smithsonian Agreement