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October 21, 2008

Another sign that things may be returning to normal

The London Interbank Offered Rate is down. The Treasury Eurodollar spread is down, and so are other credit-market indicators that were red-zoning last week.

Here's another indicator that stress is fading: Gold, the investment of last resort when everything else is going to heck, is down $27 this morning to $773 per ounce, its lowest point (except for a brief plunge in September) in more than a year.

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Posted by Jay Hancock at 11:38 AM | | Comments (0)
        

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Wednesdays and Fridays.
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