macro & fiat · sound money ratio
us bonds 1-3 year in gold
current spot ratio
0.0215
denominated in gold oz
1-day change
-1.38%
30-day change
+4.82%
30-day range
0.0206 - 0.0225
sound money analysis & perspective
short-term us treasuries (shy) priced in gold. useful for testing the cash-is-safe assumption: bills can preserve dollars while silently losing ounces. during high-inflation and financial-repression regimes, short rates often fail to compensate for gold's rise. this chart is unique versus nominal yield charts. shy-in-gold is the substitute-free read on whether short government paper is hard-money collateral or slow dilution.