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----- Original Message -----
From: BrentinUtahsDixie <brente@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 5:48 PM
Subject: Gen: Inflation Rata Data
> One thing I wish I had was about 40 or 50 years of daily inflation Rate
data
> so that I could find the ratio of data to inflation. I've looked for this
> before but not found exactly what I wanted.
>
> For example; by my reasoning, the retail price of most things is about 5
> times more expensive then they were in about 1970. If you applied that to
an
> 11000 Dow we would be at about 2200 which was about 1200 more than the Dow
> was back then. Gold would be about $55 per ounce. Sugar less than 1 cent.
> Wheat about $50
> per bushel (about the price it was in the worst of the great depression).
> Yes, I know that the ratio is not perfectly valid but I find it
interesting.
>
> Brent
>
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