China , Russia , India , and the commodity bloc in the Middle East will begin to reject the fiat currency of the U.S. Dollar, buying gold and other precious metals on a large scale as U.S. public debt exceeds 70% of GNP and the banking system in the United States continues to deteriorate. (November 29, 2009)
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