The Path to $10,000 Gold
By GCRU Gold News on Thursday, March 9 2017, 02:15 - Permalink
The combined M1 money supply in the world is about 24 trillion dollars. That includes the United States, China, the Eurozone and Japan. Those four entities combine for over 70% of global GDP.
Now, the official gold in the world is about 33,000 tons. That’s not counting private gold, because private gold is not part of the money supply.
So if you wanted to restore a gold standard, how much gold do you need to back up the money supply? My estimate is about 40%.
Historically, central banks have run successful gold standards with less backing. In the 19th century, for example, the Bank of England only had about 20% gold backing. In most of the 20th century, the U.S. had 40% gold backing.
I use the higher number, 40%, because I think a higher number might be needed to restore confidence in event of a collapse. The point is, 40% is a debatable, but reasonable figure.
Many people say there’s not enough gold to support the money supply. That’s one of the objections to gold standard. But my answer is that’s nonsense. There’s always enough gold to support the money supply. It’s a question of price.
Now, if you back 40% of the $24 trillion of money supply with the amount of official gold, it implies a gold price around $9,000 an ounce. But I predict $10,000.