1 Introduction
of Value of FIAT currencies going down vs. gold value
raising
FIAT currency is referred to as a currency
that is declared by the government through the legal tenders. The legal tenders
in such a context mean that the money has full backing that is provided by the
government. In the previous history, FAIT currencies have had some order of
raising and then sudden collapse because of devaluation. In the first step, the
paper money is introduced by the creation of an economic boom. With time,
however, the slow increase in inflation and losing value became dominant. The
devalues is further connected with the economy. The money was introduced for
the replacement of external factors in the FAIT currency. According to the
statistical studies, the historical precedence show change in the holding
values. The statistics show that 20 % of FAIT currency failed through
hyperinflation, the war destroyed 21 %, independence destroyed 12 % monetarily
reformed 24 % and circulation approaches reached 23 %. The average life
expectancy for FAIT currency is measured for 27 years. In the 18th
century, France was facing issues with FAIT currency and inflation rate
increased 13,000 %. Similar to the predecessor, Napoleon introduced gold franc
and helped in solving the situation in France (Bordo, Dittmar, & Gavin, 2007).
2 History of gold
investment and FAIT money
Back in history, the currencies were used as
physical commodities such as silver and gold. The government does not influence
the supply of precious metals. In 1971, the Bretton woods agreement of U. S
dollar was cancelled. The floating exchange rates were used in the monetary
system. The supply is limited to the current monetary system and gold,
politically is believed as to be a stored value. In other words, Gold has been
used as money from past thousands of years instead of the paper currencies,
gold is considered as a real commodity that cannot be printed in any form. Germans
universally adopted the FAIT currency and then updated their attenuated version
towards the new standard in 1971. In 1990, "The Economist" mentioned
FAIT money as fun money. The best alternative at the time was to secure the
money in the form of gold and silver that are hard commodities with different
values for the cost holding. However, the history of FAIT money is not longer
and carries no historical role. There was no contractual connection between the
real economy, climate and currency type (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
3
Gold investment Versus
FAIT
In the most recent statistical analysis, the
price of gold is touching the roof. The hovering of gold at the time of writing
is near $1870 and previously it was $ 1500. Gold is considered as an investment
from different perspectives. It is an investment against the dropping fact of
the FIAT currencies. Gold is an investment due to the decreasing demand of the
central bank. It is also an investment because there is no political risk.
There is a number of factors that define gold as an investment that generates
profits and benefits (Dinardirham. com, 2019).
3.1
Comparison of Gold and
US dollar
When comparing through the 80s, it is
observed that the value of gold is relatively more stable as compared to the
USD. The decline was first observed in the late 90s and early 2000s. After
2005, it is evident that the price of gold rocketed upward and increased
rapidly. the graphical representation in figure 1 shows the increasing trend of
Gold investment and value from 1980 to 2010 (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
Now compare the value of gold with the USD it
is observed that the value of gold is stable and on the other hands the value
of USD decreased and from 2000 to onward a significant decrease in the value of
gold was observed (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
3.2
Gold, currency and
federal fund rates
In 1971, the agreement related to gold
"Bretton Woods Agreement" ended and resulted in the international
convertibility of USD into gold. The previous decade determined the
international convertibility, high inflation and price controls in this
perspective. The increasing trend resulted in an increase in inflation and
interest rates on the houses. The figure 2 defines the relation between gold,
USD and federal funds rates in percentage. The graph depicts approximate
fluctuation in USD and federal fund rates. Under this consideration the
inflation was tamed successfully, the price of gold collapsed and resulted at
the end of the millennium in the market. In 2000 and 2008 a financial
imposition occurred with the subprime bubble in the market. The bubble in the
price and market value was government sovereign debt bubble (Gold-eagle. com, 2003).
3.3 Gold investment and
debt rates of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
When considering the statistical data, it is
observed that after the 1970s and in the mid of 1940s the debt rate was not
significant. The influence on the investment and price of gold was due to
manufacturing centre conditions and when Europe was destroyed with the
embroiled dictatorship and communism. The graphical representation in figure 3
show variation in the gross debt and public debt with the consideration of debt
fraction of GDP and debt fraction in millions of dollars in 2010 (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
3.4 Store values of Gold
versus FAIT of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
Figure 4 shows the relation between the gold
and collection of FAIT currencies with the baseline year as 1999 to 2011. The
graph shows a comparison of gold investment with the USD, Swiss Franc and the
Canadian Dollar. It is observed that none of them won the contest against gold.
The worst performance is delivered by the USD from all of them (Sunshineprofits. com, 2019).
4 Purchasing power and
gold of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
There are two different and important factors
related to the good money and these aspects include the medium of exchange and
the suitability and the store of value. The value of gold in the market is
affected by the national laws and the trends of the market. The FAIT investment
is indisputable as it can be used for the medium of exchange. In the short
term, FAIT is strong enough to hold the value but with the passage of time the
value of currency decline and erode due to the central bank inflation (Bordo, Dittmar, & Gavin, 2007).
The
process of using FAIT in the investment is to develop attractive business
developments that make the growth process easy and expand it. The other
analysis shows that the central banks go beyond the market optimum and end up
with the inflating process of the currency. The prime concern of the debtors
regarding the cheaper money is to reduce the conflict of the desire of savers
from the hard money and to hold it properly. It is also observed that the
concept of hold hard money is reducing because of the dampening factor on
demand that can be slowly started to go away from any process (Investitwisely. com, 2019).
5 How gold investment is
good of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
The seasoned gold buyers are well aware of
all types of profit potentials behind the precious metal known as gold. Gold
investment is beneficial to safeguard the hard-earned wealth and cash can be
saved as gold instead of FAIT or paper currency. Gold is far more beneficial as
compared to cash when required to store wealth. The interest rates remain low
if the money is stored in the bank and eventually the owner has not earned
anything. When considered the account for the analysis of inflation, the cash
has lost value. Gold is recognized around the world and has long term record of
stability. Consider the insurance policy here, in which people store their
assets and hold its value in the times of trouble. Gold is not a flat currency.
The flat currencies have a direct influence in deriving the worth from issuing
government. The gold assets cannot be expanded to fulfil the needs of
struggling central banks. Gold is always supported due to the inherent
scarcity. The purchasing power of gold as a precious metal cover a long period
of time. The flat paper currencies cannot be used to store the assets. There
are 13 criteria to compare the FAIT money that is defined by the government
with the gold. In the case of FAIT money, there is no need for quality testing
and FAIT money use the intrinsic value of the gold. The table given below
contains important information related to the comparison criteria of FAIT money
and Gold investment (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
Table 1:
comparison of FAIT money and Gold investment
Comparison criteria
|
FAIT currency
|
Gold
|
Unit of value
|
Not required
|
Ounces and grams
|
Intrinsic value
|
Negligible
|
10v%
|
Source of currency
|
Government degree
|
Few locations
|
Cost of the distributing reserve currency
|
Negligible
for the electronic transfers
|
Changes
with little distance
|
The volume of the controlled money
|
Interest rates
|
Government
|
6 Importance of gold
investment6.1
Allocation of the gold
is not as lent out process
One of the main
cause of keeping the money in the bank is to get a higher rate of return and
the interest rates. The modern finance theory, the greater risk lead to a
higher return. Cash on deposits can generate the rate of return in the bank as
it is lending to the bank as cash. Following the same consideration, the loan
in the bank can be affected by the cash deposit and the interest rate changes.
The bank develops more money that is ten times of the original with the greater
deposits. Depositing the money in the banks is associated with two risks
including bank creditworthiness and the bank make the decision and lend out the
money (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
The more money provided to the bank the more
it generates the credit risk and lent the money. The only possibility to
overcome the risk is to not keep the cash in banks as deposited. The gold is
not allocated in the banks and it is lent out the 3rd party. By
having a comparison, it can be concluded that allocated gold is not lent out
and there is no significant risk associated with the credit. Indeed, keeping
gold and allocation of gold can bear the holding charges that is the cost of
keeping the gold secure (Gold-eagle. com, 2003).
6.2 Bank owns your cash
of Value of FIAT currencies going down vs. gold value
raising
The deposition of
allocated gold in the banks is like keeping the product safe in the deposited
box and one can demand the gold from the bank any time. If the cash is deposited
it is not owned by the person. It is owned by the bank and in case if the bank
goes to the bankruptcy then all the cash deposited in the bank by someone goes
into the shared creditors.
6.3
Gold is always and all
where get acceptance of Value of FIAT
currencies going down vs. gold value raising
It is authenticated
and verified that gold is always accepted. Gold is always used to be stored as
currency and wealth from the past many years. According to Alan Greenspan in
1999,
"Gold still
represents the ultimate form of payment in the world ….. Gold is always
accepted."
On contrary to the
present consideration, the cash is not always accepted all the ways. If one day
I withdrew $ 100 in 5 then $20 is deducted from the banking machine. Gold is a
currency that is accepted everywhere without any borders.
6.4 Gold is relatively scarce
of Value of FIAT currencies going down vs. gold value
raising
According to the Gold
Fields Minerals Services (GFMS), it is estimated that the huge amount of gold
such as 150, 000 tonnes of gold has ever been mined around the regions. The
price of gold is like the US $ 370 per OZ and the value of the gold stock
around the world is the US $ 1.7 trillion. In this context, the total cash
stock in the United States is approximately US $ 1.3 trillion.
6.5
Money is printed and
Gold is naturally produced
The discipline
forces of gold use the production process that can be explored through the
process of mining the gold bards from mountains. As compared to cash, that is
printed the value of gold can vary with the value of the currency.
6.6 Gold investment is
more secure of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
Most often it is observed that the investors
prefer to hold gold and gold allocation is provided with the proper
identification process. The production of the gold is based on the manufacturer
skills, bar number, and purity. Gold is physically segregated when compared
with the other gold in the value and it can be insured. While on the other
hand, the cash on deposits is not possible to be physically segregated. Below
is the table of allocated gold that provides all the required information (Investitwisely. com,
2019).
6.7
Gold hedging against
inflation of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
It is observed that
investors typically prefer to purchase a large quantity of gold to induce an
impact on the inflation levels of the country. The demand for gold is getting
more multiple increases to reduce the inflationary time.
Table 2: Demand for gold
Bar number
|
Gross weight
|
Brand
|
Fineness
|
Fine weight
|
019
|
389.025
|
JMC – UK
|
0.99
|
387.19
|
020
|
401.7
|
JMC – UK
|
0.99
|
399.8
|
021
|
387.57
|
JMC – UK
|
0.99
|
385.75
|
7 How gold affects
currencies of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
Investors analyzed that gold in a country is
experiencing high levels of inflation. The demand is increased for gold even
with the inflationary times because of inherent value and limited supply.
7.1
Impact on import and
exports of Value of FIAT currencies going down
vs. gold value raising
The value of a currency in a country is
greatly affected by exports and imports. If the country is exporting gold and
also have significant gold reserves, it means that there will be an increase in
the strength of the currency even with the increase in gold prices. Conversely,
if a country imports a large quantity of gold it will result in weakening of
currency with a rise in the gold price (Othman, Alhabshi, & Haron, 2019).
7.2
Gold investment and decrease
in FAIT currency
In case, if the central bank implement
strategy of purchasing gold it can induce impact on the equilibrium of supply
and demand regarding the domestic currency and can increase the rate of
inflation. It is observed that the bank relies on the printing of cash instead
of more money to purchase gold. This can affect the excess supply of the FAIT
currency.
8 Conclusion of
Value of FIAT currencies going down vs. gold value raising
Very often, mistakenly, customers use gold as
a definitive proxy that can value the currency of a country. Undoubtedly, there
is a direct relation between the value of a FIAT currency and gold prices. The
relation is not always inverse but reflects the price of gold and local
currency ratio. Gold induce profound relation and impact on the value of
currencies in the world. Even in the case of changing the gold standard and
commodity. It can be used to improve the process and to substitute the FIAT
currencies. The effective hedge is against inflation, it can play a role in an
integral part of the foreign exchange market.
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down vs. gold value raising
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