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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2915374, member: 69760&quot;]Supply and demand and the consequent prices of goods, and the buying power of the dollar aren&#039;t necessarily one and the same. Of course recessions, depressions, war time spending, etc. will affect money supply. My statement was not meant to be a general claim, but rather a claim based specifically on the US economy&#039;s historical performance. When you look at the larger picture of how strong the dollar is <i>today</i> from a given point in history, the pre-1913 dollar was largely stable.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50e77df8ecad049b56000004-1044-732/screen%20shot%202013-01-04%20at%208.09.14%20pm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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