What would a 1971 Bretton Woods Dollar be worth today?
$1.00 1971 Gold Dollars
$31.62 2008 Paper Dollars
4.6% CPI
9.8%
Illustrations based on gold price of $1106.70 per oz. CPI calculated as geometric mean of chained CPI.
CPI data from US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current gold price from goldprice.org. Updated 21/03/2010 16:24 GMT
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What was the Bretton Woods system?
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When and why did the USA end the Bretton Woods system?
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Where is Bretton Woods?
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What is Inflation?
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Read the OECD report on the future of money.