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• Publié par: uhezyxuk
• Nombre de lectures: 60
• Langue: English

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9/11 attacks 97, 103 see alsopost-9/11 economy

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above-ground gold availability as fi nancial assets 9 growth in amount 26,276 Afganistan, US invasion of 97 costs 100–1 funding of 113 Afghan jihad 21 funding of 21–2 Agnico Eagle Mines 222, 237, 259 alchemy 297 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, study on Iraq war 98–9 Amex Gold Bugs Index203, 226,281 compared with US Global Investors gold funds 242 AngloGold Ashanti38,221, 258 anti-risk strategy 184–6 Asia current account balances81 savings flow to US 85–6, 124 asset bubbles 145–6 and central banks 146–8 Auerbach, (Professor) Alan 119 Aurelian Resources 258 Australia gold first discovered 26, 299 production data267 Australian dollar, gold price280 Azzam, Abdallah 22–3

Baker, James 20 ‘band-wagon effect’ (in investing) 213 Barrick Gold38,221, 257, 258 Barrons Gold Mining Index (BGMI)281 bear markets 30 Bernanke, Ben 19–20, 60–1, 88–9 ‘global savings glut’ theory 20, 88 Bernstein, Peter 7, 25, 59, 67 Bilmes, (Professor) Linda 101 bimetallic (gold and silver) standard 26, 49, 57, 298 Bin Laden, Osama 23

Boka project (China) 254 Brazil, gold production267, 298 Bretton Woods 2 (D, F & G) theory 83–6 Eichengreen’s criticism 90–1 Obstfeld’s criticism 90 questions on continuation 86, 90, 124 Roubini’s criticism 86–7 Xafa’s support 85–6 Bretton Woods agreements 6, 52, 67–9, 72, 84–5, 300 breakdown of 4, 6, 20, 55, 72, 82, 83, 84 US commitment on dollar–gold convertibility 6, 68, 72 Bre-X scandal 254–5 British equities/gold ratio293 British gold sovereigns 195, 299 British pound, gold price279 Brookings Institution reports 56, 59, 118–19 budget deficits ways of measuring 113 see alsoUS, defi cits Buffett, Warren 5, 234 bull market 39, 176, 190 bullion bars 196 retail sales 194, 196, 199 Burton, James 50 Bush, George W. budget proposals 115 economics advisers 15, 16 home ownership policies 108–9 Presidential (2000) election campaign 104, 105, 108, 121 ‘war on terrorism’ 97

CAC40/gold ratio292 California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) 210 Canada consumer prices (1950–1998)79 current account balances81 gold production data267 Canadian dollar, gold price280 Canadian Maple Leaf gold coin 198, 302 Carter, Jimmy 52, 79

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