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Currencies and Gold

Yardeni Research, Inc.

November 18, 2011

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Mali Quintana480-664-1333

[email protected]

Please visit our sites at

www.yardeni.com

blog.yardeni.com

thinking outside the box

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Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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Large Speculators in Currencies 1Trade-Weighted Dollar 2Euro & Pound 3Yen & Won 4Canadian & Australian Dollars 5Real & Peso 6Gold Price 7Gold Price: Nominal & Real 8Gold vs. Dollar 9Gold & Commodity Prices 10-11Gold & PPI Inflation 12Gold & CPI Inflation 13Gold, Dollar, & Political Cycle 14Gold Price and US Federal Deficit & Debt 15Gold Price & Central Banks 16Relative Gold Price 17-19Gold Price vs TIPS Yields 20

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200-day moving average

* Broad index is a weighted average of the foreign exchange rates of the US dollar against the Euro Area, Canada, Japan, Mexico, China, UK, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brazil, Switzerland, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sweden, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, and Columbia.Source: Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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200-day moving average

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Figure 3.

- Trade-Weighted Dollar -

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EUROZONE(US$/Euro)

200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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UNITED KINGDOM(US$/Pound)

200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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SOUTH KOREA(Won/US$, inverted scale)

200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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Figure 7.

- Yen & Won -

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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Figure 9.

- Canadian & Australian Dollars -

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.

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Figure 11.

- Real & Peso -

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200-day moving average

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Source: Haver Analytics.

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- Gold Price -

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200-day moving average

Source: Haver Analytics.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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Gold Price/CPI

Gold Price

Source: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Haver Analytis.CPI = 100 on 1982-84.

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- Gold Price: Nominal & Real -

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* Gold spot price times trade-weighted dollar of major currencies.Source: Haver Analytics and Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

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Trade-Weighted Dollarof Major Currencies

Gold Price(dollars per ounce)

Source: Haver Analytics and Federal Reserve Board of Governors.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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Figure 16.

- Gold vs. Dollar -

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CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Price Index(1967=100)

Source: Haver Analytics and Commodity Research Bureau.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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CRB Industrial MetalsSpot Price Index**(1967=100)

* Gold price is weekly from 1975-2004 and daily thereafter.** Includes copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, tin and zinc.

Source: Haver Analytics and Commodity Research Bureau.

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Figure 18.

- Gold & Commodity Prices -

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Source: Haver Analytics and Commodity Research Bureau.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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CRB Futures Price Index(1967=100)

Source: Haver Analytics and Commodity Research Bureau.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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Figure 20.

- Gold & Commodity Prices -

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Gold Price*(dollars per ounce)

Producer Price Index(yearly percent change)

Source: Haver Analytics and US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Producer Price IndexEx Food & Energy(yearly percent change)

Source: Haver Analytics and US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Figure 22.

- Gold & PPI Inflation -

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Consumer Price Index(yearly percent change)

Source: Haver Analytics and US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Gold Price*(dollars per ounce)

Consumer Price IndexEx Food & Energy(yearly percent change)

Source: Haver Analytics and US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Figure 24.

- Gold & CPI Inflation -

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Source: Haver Analytics.* Gold price is weekly from 1968-1974 and daily thereafter.

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- Gold, Dollar, & Political Cycle -

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Gold Price

Source: US Treasury Department, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Flow of Funds.

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US Treasuries & Agencies Held ByFed + Foreign Central Banks(trillion dollars, nsa)

Gold Price(US dollars per ounce)

Source: Federal Reserve Board and Haver Analytics.

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Source: Federal Reserve Board and Haver Analytics.

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- Gold Price & Central Banks -

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GOLD PRICE* RELATIVE TO S&P 500

Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Wall Street Journal.* Gold price is monthly average from 1968-1972 and weekly (Tuesday) thereafter.

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Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Wall Street Journal.* Gold price is monthly average from 1968-1972 and weekly (Tuesday) thereafter.

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Source: Wall Street Journal and National Association of Realtors.* Gold price is monthly average from 1968-1972 and weekly (Tuesday) thereafter.

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Relative to CRB Raw IndustrialsSpot Price Index

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Source: Commodity Research Bureau and Wall Street Journal.

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Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Wall Street Journal.

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Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Wall Street Journal.

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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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