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发帖数: 8363 | 1 President Kennedy was inaugurated in January 1961. Throughout that year,
reports circulated of government and banks formulating policy and safeguards
to prevent future price rises. The US had made it clear that it wanted to
stop the drain on its own gold reserves.
To curtail these fears, President Kennedy pledged in February 1961 that
America would maintain the official price to our foreign creditors, and the
price of gold fell to $35/ounce. Fearing a relapse, the international
bankers of the BI |
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