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The Decline of the U.S. Dollar's Purchasing Power

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to Gold Ratio

What do you conclude from the graphs above? Looks like it is Gold, not the DOW, stocks or Cash (i.e., U.S. dollars), which is going to be the "winner" over the next several years. Let's buckle up and enjoy the wild ride!

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The CPI Inflation Calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) or Inflation Calculator Link

If you click on the following link, you will be able to use a Consumer Price Index Calculator provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics to determine what the value of our dollar is today compared to prior years, as far back as 1913. For example, as calculated on 5 July 2008, if you choose the year 1913 and input $.05, a nickel. A nickel in 1913 has the same buying power as $1.09 today and a dollar in 1913 has the same buying power as $21.88 today. Give it a try, it's rather shocking!

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK'S LENDING

Here's a chart I bet you won't see on CNN or any of the news networks! The following chart illustrates the amount of money banks have borrowed from the Federal Reserve Bank in the long-term since 1910. The first chart is from 1910 to July 2008 and the second chart is from 1910 to Jan 2010 from the Economic Research Department of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.

The Federal Reserve Bank is the Banker's Bank and is only supposed to lend to banks as the last resort, such as when a bank is experiencing a run on deposits and needs to raise cash quickly to meet its obligations. The chart below speaks volumes. Is this just another ordinary BANKING CRISIS, or perhaps a major LIQUIDITY CRISIS???? It sent chills down my spine once I studied it for a couple minutes!!

OUR SHRINKING U.S. DOLLAR

The following long-term chart illustrates inflation and the shrinking value of the U.S. dollar from 1900 to 2000.