silver at 14 and gold at 970. every currency in the world is down against the dollar today, while the dollar is off sharply against gold and silver. this is a true flight to safety, and i don't mean united states treasuries.

Currency	Chg% X=1$USD	NY Time	X= 1$USD	X$USD =1	Gold Price/oz	Gold Chg	Gold Chg%
US Dollar	--	02/17-12:45	--	--	969.30	+28.30		+3.01%
Australian Dollar	-2.13%	02/17-12:40	1.5702	0.6369	1521.99	+75.30		+5.21%
Brazilian Real	-1.81%	02/17-12:44	2.3121	0.4325	2241.12	+104.11		+4.87%
British Pound	-0.51%	02/17-12:44	0.7033	1.4220	681.66	+23.29		+3.54%
Canadian Dollar	-1.56%	02/17-12:40	1.2615	0.7927	1222.72	+53.91		+4.61%
Chinese Yuan	-0.16%	02/17-05:13	6.8315	0.1464	6621.77	+203.31		+3.17%
Euro	-1.86%	02/17-12:40	0.7956	1.2570	771.13	+36.16		+4.92%
Hong Kong Dollar	-0.13%	02/17-12:45	7.7593	0.1289	7521.04	+229.14		+3.14%
Indian Rupee	-1.86%	02/17-12:15	49.7300	0.0201	48203.29	+2263.67		+4.93%
Japanese Yen	-0.80%	02/17-12:44	92.4450	0.0108	89606.94	+3303.12		+3.83%
Mexican Pesos	-0.74%	02/17-12:45	14.6075	0.0685	14159.05	+514.55		+3.77%
Russian Ruble	-3.44%	02/17-12:40	36.3595	0.0275	35243.21	+2167.82		+6.55%
S.African Rand	-2.41%	02/17-12:44	10.2740	0.0973	9958.59	+518.48		+5.49%
Swiss Franc	-1.33%	02/17-12:45	1.1756	0.8507	1139.46	+47.81		+4.38%