ClaimsJeremy Grantham

“Iron ore hits its 110-year high a mere 8 years later!”

Jeremy Grantham, GMO letter author April 2011 GMO Quarterly Letter April 2011: Time to Wake Up (GMO) archived copy

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Factual Economics and markets

Iron ore prices reached a 110-year high about 8 years after their 100-year low around 2002.

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Jeremy Grantham, “Iron ore prices reached a 110-year high about 8 years after their 100-year low around 2002.” (said April 2011). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_a5bb62b3100e, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a5bb62b3100e

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