# Nixon Shock

> 1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold

**Wikidata**: [Q1420512](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1420512)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nixon-shock


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013