Tuesday, November 20, 2012

World currency - the gold price and devaluation

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World currency - the gold price and devaluation

World currency long time has not been covered by gold, a so called gold standard. Thus increasing overall inflation rates by multiplied times, because money can be printed out of nowhere.

Today (November 20th, 2012) gold price

Today one ounce of gold price is exactly 1732.9 United States Dollars. I will cover different nations with different economical situations throughout world and their currencies related to gold and USD.



Nations currencies and gold

Australia currency supply and value

Australia currency - Australian Dollar (AUD)
AUD to USD - 1.0426
Australia gold reserves - 2 568 845 ounces
Australia gold reserves worth in USD - 4,5 billions
Worthiness of money issued by Australia in USD - 36.2 billions
Devaluation of Australian money by printing - 12% of real value

Brazil currency supply and value

Brazil currency - Brazilian real (BRL)
BRL to USD - 1.6141
Brazil gold reserves - 1 080 265 ounces
Brazil gold reserves worth in USD - 1,8 billions
Worthiness of money issued by Brazil in USD - 34,9 billions
Devaluation of Brazilian money by printing - 5% of real value

USA currency supply and value

USA currency - United States Dolar (USD)
USA to USD - 1.000
USA gold reserves - 261 498 093 ounces
USA gold reserves worth in USD - 453,2 billions
Worthiness of money issued by USA in USD - 480,5 billions
Devaluation of American money by printing - 94% of real value

Money value case study

Case study showed thus mostly USD keeps up with the value of own money? Could it be boosted up by barrel/dollar principle? What makes other country money so valueless? How non-gold standard works? Comment with your thoughts!


Next episode: About money value of EU, Russia and Switzerland.

Author of the post: Artis Zelmenis

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think US dollar will remain the main reserve currency in the world.. Maybe euro will challenge it, but I doubt it. Anyway - interesting article. Thanks.