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.
It's not obvious what's the best way to compare the three countries. Inflation. All three countries had CPI inflation above target in Summer 2008. Australia and New Zealand peaked around 5% inflation, while Canada peaked around 3.5% inflation.All three saw big declines in inflation, but Canada saw inflation dip the most below target, into temporarily negative values for Summer 2009. All three now have inflation close to target. want to compare the economies of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand over the last couple of years. I know I will get things wrong, and leave important things out.