Clear Spring, Maryland is the 14,777th largest city in the United States as of 2016. Clear Spring, Maryland is a town. Clear Spring, Maryland is currently 61.0% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population. Clear Spring, Maryland's growth is extremely below average. 96% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
In addition, as the U.S. heads into inflationary times, gold's price tends to increase. Historically, gold has been a good inflation hedge, and people tend to buy more as they fear the value of their money is decreasing, which again pushes up the price. Finally, consumer expectations can be a demand driver. As consumer confidence wanes, investors look to gold as a safe haven, further driving up its price.
Six selectable data sets let you use Tom's Inflation Calculator for your own purposes. The default inflation data is the Consumer Price Index (Urban), 1665 to 2100. The other data sets cover fewer years. All of them can perform calculations forward or backward in time, for any years within their ranges.