Describe the gold standard monetary system.

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Describe the gold standard monetary system.

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Monetary system refers to the system within which the government circulates the money in the domestic currency. Also the system is strongly related to the international market and the monetary system of the country helps in payments and receipts internationally. It may consists all the money backed institutions, minting, currencies, etc.

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Gold standard monetary system was a system under which the country’s fixed their value of the currency in gold. All the transactions, minting and other activities were carried out in the terms of gold. But this system was not relevant after some time as there occurred problems in the same regarding the economic status of the countries. Exchange rate would not be set with gold and so the system was discarded as gold is not so liquid too.

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