Nor is gold the only commodity to have shot up over the past year.
Agricultural output increased, access to credit improved and the value of the land shot up.
If that holds, then another shot up towards the peak could be in the cards.
The number in Lebanon has shot up to 455, 000, according to the United Nations.
With the A-lister on its cover, sales shot up by 17% and 22%, respectively.
In the last six months, several fast food brands shot up in the rankings.
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It's no surprise the dollar price of the yellow metal has shot up in recent weeks.
Demand for small cars shot up 27% while that for higher-end ones fell 10%.
The number of connections has shot up from almost none in 2000 to 75m in 2009.
But voters also viewed the impeachment as an overreach, and Mr. Clinton's poll numbers shot up.
"He has had a wonderful season this year and shot up in everyone's estimation, " said Hodgson.
The price of oil shot up 300% in six months during the oil crisis.
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Overnight interbank lending rates have shot up past 30%, according to BBO's Mr. Dallen.
Bucking the trend was Alexza Pharmaceuticals ( ALXA), which shot up 12% on takeover speculation.
The market shot up in response: the Dow went up 25%, Nasdaq by 50%, in 2003.
Example: Financial-news site CBS MarketWatch shot up 474% on the day it went public.
Since adding this ability in July, movie downloads shot up 50% in a month.
Well the Canadian dollar, AU dollar, and many other currencies have shot up as a result.
In four years the price of gold--the best barometer of monetary disturbance--has shot up almost 80%.
Prices have shot up, markets have shrivelled, unemployment has risen, salaries are going unpaid.
But Intel's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) shares also shot up.
The figures shot up a remarkable 40% after the ads began appearing last year.
Earnings shot up 161.6% in the quarter ended May 1, while revenue grew 58.6%.
Opinion polls gave a swift verdict: Mr Abe's popularity, which had plumbed abysmal depths, shot up.
Earnings for the March 2005 quarter shot up 127.3% year-over-year, while revenue advanced 45.2%.
What if gold suddenly shot up and looked like it was going to the moon.
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Barclays noted speculative interest in palladium shot up to its highest level in three months.
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The yields on Italian bonds shot up this week because of fears of contagion.
And the unemployment rate for those under 25 years old has shot up to 55 percent.
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As mentioned above, yields on Italian and Spanish debt have shot up in recent days.
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