Gold to Oil ratio is signalling massive deflation: Gold: $1,124 Oil: $39 Ratio: 28.8 In a normalized market the ratio should be around 15/16. So the change in gold prices to bring the ratio back into balance: 16 / 28.8 x $1,124 ~ $624 / oz gold Of course the ratio could be normalized by a rise in oil prices or some combination of a fall in gold and rise in oil.