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deveandepot1 
What happened to make gold jump and fall so fast in 1980?
Edit- Nothing is coming up from a quick wikipedia search.
Table of Historical Inflation Rates by Month and Year (1914-2010)
Year\tJan\tFeb\tMar\tApr\tMay\tJun\tJul\tAug\tSep\tOct\tNov\tDec\tAve
1970\t6.2\t6.1\t5.8\t6.1\t6.0\t6.0\t6.0\t5.4\t5.7\t5.6\t5.6\t5.6\t5.7
1971\t5.3\t5.0\t4.7\t4.2\t4.4\t4.6\t4.4\t4.6\t4.1\t3.8\t3.3\t3.3\t4.4
1972\t3.3\t3.5\t3.5\t3.5\t3.2\t2.7\t2.9\t2.9\t3.2\t3.4\t3.7\t3.4\t3.2
1973\t3.6\t3.9\t4.6\t5.1\t5.5\t6.0\t5.7\t7.4\t7.4\t7.8\t8.3\t8.7\t6.2
1974\t9.4\t10.0\t10.4\t10.1\t10.7\t10.9\t11.5\t10.9\t11.9\t12.1\t12.2\t12.3\t11.0
1975\t11.8\t11.2\t10.3\t10.2\t9.5\t9.4\t9.7\t8.6\t7.9\t7.4\t7.4\t6.9\t9.1
1976\t6.7\t6.3\t6.1\t6.0\t6.2\t6.0\t5.4\t5.7\t5.5\t5.5\t4.9\t4.9\t5.8
1977\t5.2\t5.9\t6.4\t7.0\t6.7\t6.9\t6.8\t6.6\t6.6\t6.4\t6.7\t6.7\t6.5
1978\t6.8\t6.4\t6.6\t6.5\t7.0\t7.4\t7.7\t7.8\t8.3\t8.9\t8.9\t9.0\t7.6
1979\t9.3\t9.9\t10.1\t10.5\t10.9\t10.9\t11.3\t11.8\t12.2\t12.1\t12.6\t13.3\t11.3
1980\t13.9\t14.2\t14.8\t14.7\t14.4\t14.4\t13.1\t12.9\t12.6\t12.8\t12.6\t12.5\t13.5
1981\t11.8\t11.4\t10.5\t10.0\t9.8\t9.6\t10.8\t10.8\t11.0\t10.1\t9.6\t8.9\t10.3
1982\t8.4\t7.6\t6.8\t6.5\t6.7\t7.1\t6.4\t5.9\t5.0\t5.1\t4.6\t3.8\t6.2
1983\t3.7\t3.5\t3.6\t3.9\t3.5\t2.6\t2.5\t2.6\t2.9\t2.9\t3.3\t3.8\t3.2
1984\t4.2\t4.6\t4.8\t4.6\t4.2\t4.2\t4.2\t4.3\t4.3\t4.3\t4.1\t3.9\t4.3
1985\t3.5\t3.5\t3.7\t3.7\t3.8\t3.8\t3.6\t3.3\t3.1\t3.2\t3.5\t3.8\t3.6