Chart 24 Cash Price: Gold, Handy and Harman Base Price
Month | Year | Stock Price Index: Standard & Poor's 500 Composite (1941-43=10) | Cash Price: Gold, Handy and Harman Base Price (dollars/troy oz) | Recession Month? (yes/no) |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1971 | 93.49 | N/A | no |
February | 1971 | 97.11 | N/A | no |
March | 1971 | 99.60 | N/A | no |
April | 1971 | 103.04 | N/A | no |
May | 1971 | 101.64 | N/A | no |
June | 1971 | 99.72 | N/A | no |
July | 1971 | 99.00 | N/A | no |
August | 1971 | 97.24 | N/A | no |
September | 1971 | 99.40 | N/A | no |
October | 1971 | 97.29 | N/A | no |
November | 1971 | 92.78 | N/A | no |
December | 1971 | 99.17 | N/A | no |
January | 1972 | 103.30 | N/A | no |
February | 1972 | 105.24 | N/A | no |
March | 1972 | 107.69 | N/A | no |
April | 1972 | 108.81 | N/A | no |
May | 1972 | 107.65 | N/A | no |
June | 1972 | 108.01 | N/A | no |
July | 1972 | 107.21 | N/A | no |
August | 1972 | 111.01 | N/A | no |
September | 1972 | 109.39 | N/A | no |
October | 1972 | 109.56 | N/A | no |
November | 1972 | 115.05 | N/A | no |
December | 1972 | 117.50 | N/A | no |
January | 1973 | 118.42 | N/A | no |
February | 1973 | 114.16 | N/A | no |
March | 1973 | 112.42 | N/A | no |
April | 1973 | 110.27 | N/A | no |
May | 1973 | 107.22 | N/A | no |
June | 1973 | 104.75 | N/A | no |
July | 1973 | 105.83 | N/A | no |
August | 1973 | 103.80 | N/A | no |
September | 1973 | 105.61 | N/A | no |
October | 1973 | 109.84 | N/A | no |
November | 1973 | 102.03 | N/A | yes |
December | 1973 | 94.78 | N/A | yes |
January | 1974 | 96.11 | N/A | yes |
February | 1974 | 93.45 | N/A | yes |
March | 1974 | 97.44 | N/A | yes |
April | 1974 | 92.46 | N/A | yes |
May | 1974 | 89.67 | N/A | yes |
June | 1974 | 89.79 | N/A | yes |
July | 1974 | 82.82 | N/A | yes |
August | 1974 | 76.03 | N/A | yes |
September | 1974 | 68.12 | N/A | yes |
October | 1974 | 69.44 | N/A | yes |
November | 1974 | 71.74 | N/A | yes |
December | 1974 | 67.07 | N/A | yes |
January | 1975 | 72.56 | N/A | yes |
February | 1975 | 80.10 | N/A | yes |
March | 1975 | 83.78 | N/A | yes |
April | 1975 | 84.72 | N/A | no |
May | 1975 | 90.10 | N/A | no |
June | 1975 | 92.40 | N/A | no |
July | 1975 | 92.49 | N/A | no |
August | 1975 | 85.71 | N/A | no |
September | 1975 | 84.67 | N/A | no |
October | 1975 | 88.57 | N/A | no |
November | 1975 | 90.07 | N/A | no |
December | 1975 | 88.70 | N/A | no |
January | 1976 | 96.86 | 130.61 | no |
February | 1976 | 100.64 | 131.30 | no |
March | 1976 | 101.08 | 132.34 | no |
April | 1976 | 101.93 | 127.66 | no |
May | 1976 | 101.16 | 126.93 | no |
June | 1976 | 101.77 | 125.48 | no |
July | 1976 | 104.20 | 118.13 | no |
August | 1976 | 103.29 | 108.85 | no |
September | 1976 | 105.45 | 114.61 | no |
October | 1976 | 101.89 | 115.70 | no |
November | 1976 | 101.19 | 130.82 | no |
December | 1976 | 104.66 | 135.82 | no |
January | 1977 | 103.81 | 132.60 | no |
February | 1977 | 100.96 | 135.81 | no |
March | 1977 | 100.57 | 148.14 | no |
April | 1977 | 99.05 | 148.28 | no |
May | 1977 | 98.76 | 146.34 | no |
June | 1977 | 99.29 | 140.75 | no |
July | 1977 | 100.18 | 143.11 | no |
August | 1977 | 97.75 | 145.16 | no |
September | 1977 | 96.23 | 150.11 | no |
October | 1977 | 93.74 | 158.93 | no |
November | 1977 | 94.28 | 161.38 | no |
December | 1977 | 93.82 | 161.53 | no |
January | 1978 | 90.25 | 173.97 | no |
February | 1978 | 88.98 | 178.95 | no |
March | 1978 | 88.82 | 184.52 | no |
April | 1978 | 92.71 | 176.98 | no |
May | 1978 | 97.41 | 176.90 | no |
June | 1978 | 97.66 | 184.69 | no |
July | 1978 | 97.19 | 187.63 | no |
August | 1978 | 103.92 | 206.60 | no |
September | 1978 | 103.86 | 213.94 | no |
October | 1978 | 100.58 | 227.44 | no |
November | 1978 | 94.71 | 204.39 | no |
December | 1978 | 96.11 | 209.05 | no |
January | 1979 | 99.71 | 227.27 | no |
February | 1979 | 98.23 | 248.58 | no |
March | 1979 | 100.11 | 241.51 | no |
April | 1979 | 102.07 | 238.28 | no |
May | 1979 | 99.73 | 253.43 | no |
June | 1979 | 101.73 | 267.59 | no |
July | 1979 | 102.71 | 293.88 | no |
August | 1979 | 107.36 | 304.26 | no |
September | 1979 | 108.60 | 352.19 | no |
October | 1979 | 104.47 | 395.60 | no |
November | 1979 | 103.66 | 398.09 | no |
December | 1979 | 107.78 | 468.04 | no |
January | 1980 | 110.87 | 662.54 | yes |
February | 1980 | 115.34 | 661.94 | yes |
March | 1980 | 104.69 | 565.92 | yes |
April | 1980 | 102.97 | 519.80 | yes |
May | 1980 | 107.69 | 518.75 | yes |
June | 1980 | 114.55 | 598.13 | yes |
July | 1980 | 119.83 | 643.50 | yes |
August | 1980 | 123.50 | 627.90 | no |
September | 1980 | 126.51 | 677.75 | no |
October | 1980 | 130.22 | 664.81 | no |
November | 1980 | 135.65 | 631.06 | no |
December | 1980 | 133.48 | 593.85 | no |
January | 1981 | 132.97 | 540.75 | no |
February | 1981 | 128.40 | 493.00 | no |
March | 1981 | 133.19 | 506.60 | no |
April | 1981 | 134.43 | 484.13 | no |
May | 1981 | 131.73 | 476.56 | no |
June | 1981 | 132.28 | 441.75 | no |
July | 1981 | 129.13 | 404.60 | yes |
August | 1981 | 129.63 | 423.25 | yes |
September | 1981 | 118.27 | 443.30 | yes |
October | 1981 | 119.80 | 433.83 | yes |
November | 1981 | 122.92 | 408.00 | yes |
December | 1981 | 123.79 | 405.28 | yes |
January | 1982 | 117.28 | 377.81 | yes |
February | 1982 | 114.50 | 368.16 | yes |
March | 1982 | 110.84 | 330.95 | yes |
April | 1982 | 116.31 | 351.60 | yes |
May | 1982 | 116.35 | 330.56 | yes |
June | 1982 | 109.70 | 314.25 | yes |
July | 1982 | 109.38 | 353.13 | yes |
August | 1982 | 109.65 | 391.10 | yes |
September | 1982 | 122.43 | 425.19 | yes |
October | 1982 | 132.66 | 424.00 | yes |
November | 1982 | 138.10 | 423.60 | yes |
December | 1982 | 139.37 | 449.81 | no |
January | 1983 | 144.27 | 490.19 | no |
February | 1983 | 146.80 | 474.81 | no |
March | 1983 | 151.88 | 420.30 | no |
April | 1983 | 157.71 | 432.50 | no |
May | 1983 | 164.10 | 428.10 | no |
June | 1983 | 166.39 | 413.81 | no |
July | 1983 | 166.96 | 423.19 | no |
August | 1983 | 162.42 | 416.45 | no |
September | 1983 | 167.16 | 404.03 | no |
October | 1983 | 167.65 | 391.13 | no |
November | 1983 | 165.23 | 386.10 | no |
December | 1983 | 164.36 | 382.01 | no |
January | 1984 | 166.39 | 371.47 | no |
February | 1984 | 157.25 | 391.69 | no |
March | 1984 | 157.44 | 390.09 | no |
April | 1984 | 157.60 | 380.33 | no |
May | 1984 | 156.55 | 380.72 | no |
June | 1984 | 153.12 | 370.84 | no |
July | 1984 | 151.08 | 343.50 | no |
August | 1984 | 164.42 | 347.74 | no |
September | 1984 | 166.11 | 341.83 | no |
October | 1984 | 164.82 | 340.42 | no |
November | 1984 | 166.27 | 339.50 | no |
December | 1984 | 164.48 | 313.06 | no |
January | 1985 | 171.61 | 303.20 | no |
February | 1985 | 180.88 | 294.69 | no |
March | 1985 | 179.42 | 311.93 | no |
April | 1985 | 180.62 | 323.02 | no |
May | 1985 | 184.90 | 317.08 | no |
June | 1985 | 188.89 | 315.63 | no |
July | 1985 | 192.54 | 320.88 | no |
August | 1985 | 188.31 | 331.34 | no |
September | 1985 | 184.06 | 322.48 | no |
October | 1985 | 186.18 | 326.65 | no |
November | 1985 | 197.45 | 325.58 | no |
December | 1985 | 207.26 | 325.19 | no |
January | 1986 | 208.08 | 347.46 | no |
February | 1986 | 219.37 | 340.84 | no |
March | 1986 | 232.33 | 344.79 | no |
April | 1986 | 237.98 | 341.77 | no |
May | 1986 | 238.46 | 341.65 | no |
June | 1986 | 245.30 | 342.95 | no |
July | 1986 | 240.18 | 351.57 | no |
August | 1986 | 245.00 | 383.31 | no |
September | 1986 | 238.27 | 424.19 | no |
October | 1986 | 237.49 | 418.21 | no |
November | 1986 | 245.09 | 392.69 | no |
December | 1986 | 248.61 | 391.91 | no |
January | 1987 | 264.51 | 410.06 | no |
February | 1987 | 280.93 | 400.80 | no |
March | 1987 | 292.47 | 412.09 | no |
April | 1987 | 289.32 | 451.04 | no |
May | 1987 | 289.12 | 458.95 | no |
June | 1987 | 301.38 | 447.48 | no |
July | 1987 | 310.09 | 457.24 | no |
August | 1987 | 329.36 | 457.61 | no |
September | 1987 | 318.66 | 458.94 | no |
October | 1987 | 280.16 | 465.44 | no |
November | 1987 | 245.01 | 471.41 | no |
December | 1987 | 240.96 | 487.60 | no |
January | 1988 | 250.48 | 475.69 | no |
February | 1988 | 258.13 | 445.48 | no |
March | 1988 | 265.74 | 442.13 | no |
April | 1988 | 262.61 | 452.08 | no |
May | 1988 | 256.12 | 452.00 | no |
June | 1988 | 270.68 | 451.60 | no |
July | 1988 | 269.05 | 434.69 | no |
August | 1988 | 263.73 | 430.31 | no |
September | 1988 | 267.97 | 414.00 | no |
October | 1988 | 277.40 | 406.21 | no |
November | 1988 | 271.02 | 419.44 | no |
December | 1988 | 276.51 | 419.81 | no |
January | 1989 | 285.41 | 404.13 | no |
February | 1989 | 293.38 | 386.40 | no |
March | 1989 | 292.71 | 392.31 | no |
April | 1989 | 302.58 | 385.38 | no |
May | 1989 | 313.93 | 370.93 | no |
June | 1989 | 323.73 | 366.61 | no |
July | 1989 | 331.92 | 374.05 | no |
August | 1989 | 346.61 | 365.44 | no |
September | 1989 | 347.50 | 361.45 | no |
October | 1989 | 347.40 | 367.19 | no |
November | 1989 | 340.69 | 395.28 | no |
December | 1989 | 348.57 | 409.86 | no |
January | 1990 | 339.97 | 408.32 | no |
February | 1990 | 330.80 | 416.65 | no |
March | 1990 | 338.47 | 392.56 | no |
April | 1990 | 338.18 | 375.25 | no |
May | 1990 | 350.25 | 370.14 | no |
June | 1990 | 360.35 | 352.96 | no |
July | 1990 | 360.03 | 363.54 | yes |
August | 1990 | 330.61 | 399.20 | yes |
September | 1990 | 315.41 | 387.41 | yes |
October | 1990 | 307.12 | 379.00 | yes |
November | 1990 | 315.29 | 381.64 | yes |
December | 1990 | 328.75 | 377.71 | yes |
January | 1991 | 325.49 | 387.75 | yes |
February | 1991 | 362.99 | 363.31 | yes |
March | 1991 | 372.23 | 362.46 | yes |
April | 1991 | 379.71 | 359.19 | no |
May | 1991 | 377.99 | 356.51 | no |
June | 1991 | 378.28 | 366.81 | no |
July | 1991 | 380.23 | 366.75 | no |
August | 1991 | 389.40 | 355.35 | no |
September | 1991 | 387.20 | 349.28 | no |
October | 1991 | 386.88 | 357.77 | no |
November | 1991 | 385.92 | 360.14 | no |
December | 1991 | 388.51 | 360.24 | no |
January | 1992 | 416.08 | 354.35 | no |
February | 1992 | 412.56 | 353.83 | no |
March | 1992 | 407.36 | 343.78 | no |
April | 1992 | 407.41 | 338.20 | no |
May | 1992 | 414.81 | 337.34 | no |
June | 1992 | 408.27 | 341.27 | no |
July | 1992 | 415.05 | 353.18 | no |
August | 1992 | 417.93 | 344.59 | no |
September | 1992 | 418.48 | 345.28 | no |
October | 1992 | 412.50 | 343.95 | no |
November | 1992 | 422.84 | 334.39 | no |
December | 1992 | 435.64 | 333.98 | no |
January | 1993 | 435.23 | 329.43 | no |
February | 1993 | 441.70 | 329.19 | no |
March | 1993 | 450.16 | 330.28 | no |
April | 1993 | 443.08 | 341.60 | no |
May | 1993 | 445.25 | 364.20 | no |
June | 1993 | 448.06 | 372.42 | no |
July | 1993 | 447.29 | 392.14 | no |
August | 1993 | 454.13 | 380.18 | no |
September | 1993 | 459.24 | 352.25 | no |
October | 1993 | 463.90 | 362.26 | no |
November | 1993 | 462.89 | 372.50 | no |
December | 1993 | 465.95 | 384.78 | no |
January | 1994 | 472.99 | 388.53 | no |
February | 1994 | 471.58 | 381.65 | no |
March | 1994 | 463.81 | 384.09 | no |
April | 1994 | 447.23 | 377.54 | no |
May | 1994 | 450.90 | 382.68 | no |
June | 1994 | 454.83 | 385.29 | no |
July | 1994 | 451.40 | 386.11 | no |
August | 1994 | 464.24 | 380.58 | no |
September | 1994 | 466.96 | 391.73 | no |
October | 1994 | 463.81 | 389.76 | no |
November | 1994 | 461.01 | 384.57 | no |
December | 1994 | 455.19 | 379.49 | no |
January | 1995 | 465.25 | 378.20 | no |
February | 1995 | 481.92 | 376.39 | no |
March | 1995 | 493.15 | 382.83 | no |
April | 1995 | 507.91 | 391.08 | no |
May | 1995 | 523.81 | 385.65 | no |
June | 1995 | 539.35 | 387.84 | no |
July | 1995 | 557.37 | 386.33 | no |
August | 1995 | 559.11 | 384.15 | no |
September | 1995 | 578.77 | 382.79 | no |
October | 1995 | 582.92 | 383.17 | no |
November | 1995 | 595.53 | 386.46 | no |
December | 1995 | 614.57 | 387.74 | no |
January | 1996 | 614.42 | 398.30 | no |
February | 1996 | 649.54 | 404.30 | no |
March | 1996 | 647.07 | 396.21 | no |
April | 1996 | 647.17 | 393.44 | no |
May | 1996 | 661.23 | 391.85 | no |
June | 1996 | 668.50 | 386.14 | no |
July | 1996 | 644.07 | 383.80 | no |
August | 1996 | 662.68 | 388.00 | no |
September | 1996 | 674.88 | 383.86 | no |
October | 1996 | 701.46 | 381.11 | no |
November | 1996 | 735.67 | 378.23 | no |
December | 1996 | 743.25 | 368.37 | no |
January | 1997 | 766.22 | 356.20 | no |
February | 1997 | 798.39 | 345.80 | no |
March | 1997 | 792.16 | 351.81 | no |
April | 1997 | 763.93 | 344.59 | no |
May | 1997 | 833.09 | 344.50 | no |
June | 1997 | 876.29 | 341.95 | no |
July | 1997 | 925.29 | 325.81 | no |
August | 1997 | 927.74 | 324.05 | no |
September | 1997 | 937.02 | 323.62 | no |
October | 1997 | 951.16 | 323.31 | no |
November | 1997 | 938.92 | 308.20 | no |
December | 1997 | 962.37 | 289.31 | no |
January | 1998 | 963.36 | 287.40 | no |
February | 1998 | 1023.74 | 297.14 | no |
March | 1998 | 1076.83 | 297.30 | no |
April | 1998 | 1112.20 | 308.66 | no |
May | 1998 | 1108.42 | 300.20 | no |
June | 1998 | 1108.39 | 293.36 | no |
July | 1998 | 1156.58 | 293.15 | no |
August | 1998 | 1074.62 | 284.55 | no |
September | 1998 | 1020.64 | 287.99 | no |
October | 1998 | 1032.47 | 294.65 | no |
November | 1998 | 1144.43 | 292.78 | no |
December | 1998 | 1190.05 | 290.89 | no |
January | 1999 | 1248.77 | 287.45 | no |
February | 1999 | 1246.58 | 286.89 | no |
March | 1999 | 1281.66 | 285.58 | no |
April | 1999 | 1334.76 | 281.84 | no |
May | 1999 | 1332.07 | 277.88 | no |
June | 1999 | 1322.55 | 261.95 | no |
July | 1999 | 1380.99 | 254.91 | no |
August | 1999 | 1327.49 | 256.07 | no |
September | 1999 | 1318.17 | 268.18 | no |
October | 1999 | 1300.01 | 312.91 | no |
November | 1999 | 1391.00 | 292.87 | no |
December | 1999 | 1428.68 | 282.99 | no |
January | 2000 | 1425.59 | 284.41 | no |
February | 2000 | 1388.87 | 295.88 | no |
March | 2000 | 1442.21 | 286.08 | no |
April | 2000 | 1461.36 | 279.99 | no |
May | 2000 | 1418.48 | 274.99 | no |
June | 2000 | 1461.96 | 287.48 | no |
July | 2000 | 1473.00 | 283.04 | no |
August | 2000 | 1485.46 | 274.45 | no |
September | 2000 | 1468.05 | 274.09 | no |
October | 2000 | 1390.14 | 269.51 | no |
November | 2000 | 1375.04 | 266.64 | no |
December | 2000 | 1330.93 | 271.33 | no |
January | 2001 | 1335.63 | 266.72 | no |
February | 2001 | 1305.75 | 262.00 | no |
March | 2001 | 1185.85 | 263.68 | yes |
April | 2001 | 1189.84 | 259.43 | yes |
May | 2001 | 1270.37 | 271.14 | yes |
June | 2001 | 1238.71 | 270.75 | yes |
July | 2001 | 1204.45 | 267.64 | yes |
August | 2001 | 1178.51 | 272.08 | yes |
September | 2001 | 1044.64 | 280.30 | yes |
October | 2001 | 1076.59 | 283.84 | yes |
November | 2001 | 1129.68 | 275.43 | yes |
December | 2001 | 1144.93 | 275.88 | no |
January | 2002 | 1140.21 | 279.85 | no |
February | 2002 | 1100.67 | 295.39 | no |
March | 2002 | 1153.79 | 295.15 | no |
April | 2002 | 1112.03 | 302.27 | no |
May | 2002 | 1079.27 | 313.95 | no |
June | 2002 | 1014.05 | 321.31 | no |
July | 2002 | 903.59 | 314.32 | no |
August | 2002 | 912.55 | 309.51 | no |
September | 2002 | 867.81 | 318.70 | no |
October | 2002 | 854.63 | 317.33 | no |
November | 2002 | 909.93 | 319.36 | no |
December | 2002 | 899.18 | 334.28 | no |
January | 2003 | 895.84 | 356.08 | no |
February | 2003 | 837.62 | 360.56 | no |
March | 2003 | 846.62 | 343.20 | no |
April | 2003 | 890.03 | 329.90 | no |
May | 2003 | 935.96 | 357.74 | no |
June | 2003 | 988.00 | 357.56 | no |
July | 2003 | 992.54 | 352.23 | no |
August | 2003 | 989.53 | 357.35 | no |
September | 2003 | 1019.44 | 380.63 | no |
October | 2003 | 1038.73 | 378.16 | no |
November | 2003 | 1049.90 | 387.84 | no |
December | 2003 | 1080.64 | 408.52 | no |
January | 2004 | 1132.52 | 416.21 | no |
February | 2004 | 1143.36 | 406.69 | no |
March | 2004 | 1123.98 | 407.20 | no |
April | 2004 | 1133.08 | 404.88 | no |
May | 2004 | 1102.78 | 383.28 | no |
June | 2004 | 1132.76 | 393.24 | no |
July | 2004 | 1105.85 | 396.31 | no |
August | 2004 | 1088.94 | 401.04 | no |
September | 2004 | 1117.66 | 405.89 | no |
October | 2004 | 1118.07 | 419.24 | no |
November | 2004 | 1168.94 | 439.76 | no |
December | 2004 | 1199.21 | 443.31 | no |
January | 2005 | 1181.41 | 423.84 | no |
February | 2005 | 1199.63 | 422.31 | no |
March | 2005 | 1194.90 | 433.92 | no |
April | 2005 | 1164.42 | 429.09 | no |
May | 2005 | 1178.28 | 421.61 | no |
June | 2005 | 1202.26 | 430.79 | no |
July | 2005 | 1222.24 | 423.13 | no |
August | 2005 | 1224.27 | 435.46 | no |
September | 2005 | 1225.91 | 454.61 | no |
October | 2005 | 1191.96 | 471.80 | no |
November | 2005 | 1237.37 | 475.59 | no |
December | 2005 | 1262.07 | 509.16 | no |
January | 2006 | 1278.72 | 550.55 | no |
Source: Wall Street Journal/Haver.