Thursday, January 6, 2011

2001 - 2010 Gold % Annual Change

James Turk writes --

Gold rose 29.8% in 2010 against the US dollar. It is gold's second best annual gain this past decade and the tenth year in a row it climbed against the world's reserve currency.

Gold also rose last year against eight other major world currencies, but its greatest appreciation was against the US dollar. The following table presents the annual change in gold's rate of exchange this decade against nine major currencies.

Gold % Annual Change


USD

AUD

CAD

CNY

EUR

INR

JPY

CHF

GBP

2001

2.5%

11.3%

8.8%

2.5%

8.1%

5.8%

17.4%

5.0%

5.4%

2002

24.7%

13.5%

23.7%

24.8%

5.9%

24.0%

13.0%

3.9%

12.7%

2003

19.6%

-10.5%

-2.2%

19.5%

-0.5%

13.5%

7.9%

7.0%

7.9%

2004

5.2%

1.4%

-2.0%

5.2%

-2.1%

0.0%

0.9%

-3.0%

-2.0%

2005

18.2%

25.6%

14.5%

15.2%

35.1%

22.8%

35.7%

36.2%

31.8%

2006

22.8%

14.4%

22.8%

18.8%

10.2%

20.5%

24.0%

13.9%

7.8%

2007

31.4%

18.1%

11.5%

22.9%

18.8%

17.4%

23.4%

22.1%

29.7%

2008

5.8%

33.0%

31.1%

-1.0%

11.0%

30.5%

-14.0%

-0.3%

43.7%

2009

23.9%

-3.6%

5.9%

24.0%

20.4%

18.4%

27.1%

20.3%

12.1%

2010

29.8%

14.0%

24.3%

25.3%

39.1%

25.0%

13.2%

17.0%

34.5%

Average

18.4%

11.7%

13.8%

15.7%

14.6%

17.8%

14.9%

12.2%

18.3%


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