Whether you are a devotee of the Black Swan Theory or merely another hard-boiled cynic like me, you may now be counted among those who place little comfort in years of accumulatedstock market statistics.
The current account deficit has likewise fallen, meaning now that almost all of the country's massive budget deficit is being financed by its own citizens (though of course a significant chunk of the accumulated debt stock is foreign held - notably by Asian central banks).
From 1948 to 1970, the real price of gold was artificially depressed as the U.S. disgorged most of the enormous stock of gold that it had accumulated during WWI and WWII.