ivedone the math in the past... there is something like $70 trillion between M1, M2, and M3 supplies (of the top of my head)
using only gold as a standard, and not a commodity basket, gold would be just under $9500 / ounce
“ivedone the math in the past... there is something like $70 trillion between M1, M2, and M3 supplies (of the top of my head)
using only gold as a standard, and not a commodity basket, gold would be just under $9500 / ounce”
That’s about 5 years out...so your point is?
Why wouldn`t they then fractionalize it, say 1 USD = 1/8 or ounce Au ?
using only gold as a standard, and not a commodity basket, gold would be just under $9500 / ounce
Which is the point of a gold standard: to keep the government from inflating the currency to the point that it becomes attractive to trade the handy dollars for cumbersome but more profitable gold.