America's Forgotten War Against the Central Banks
Story date: 2007-10-19 02:50:00
Added on: 2007-10-19 16:54:13
Safe Haven - Gold reached a peak of US$850 on Jan 21, 1980 amidst soaring interest rates. The U.S. Prime rate hit 20% in April 1980 and stayed there (with a brief dive in mid-1980) until the end of 1981. This resulted in a rush out of gold and back to U ...
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