Planned successions, meanwhile, created a narrower trading window of 19% above and 13% below the broader index, on average.

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From 1971 (the year Nixon broke the gold window) through 1974, the annual percentage change on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from 4.4% to 11.0%.

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