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This consumer sentiment index represents results of survey of consumers, which is conducted by Michigan University. Questions touch upon confidence of citizens in economic conditions and prospects for the nearest future. Obtained figure throws light on respondents' sentiment and their intentions regarding spending money. Index is published twice a month. The fist one is the advance report announced in the end of the second week, usually on Friday. In two weeks final report is published. Publication time is 10:00 a.m EST (New York). Market respond to published data is minor. Index growth is favorable towards consolidation of national currency.
On August 15, 1971, the United States of America unilaterally declared of canceling of direct convertibility of its national currency to gold. It finished an epoch of Bretton Woods currency system, US dollar rate started floating and gold turned into independent asset. This event is known in the history as Nixon Shock, because despite of being long-expected, it was a total shock for the most part of countries. The world required several years from then on to develop and launch new rules for international trading.
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