Gold
Riksbank to reduce reserves and toughen ELA regime
Gold and foreign exchange assets will decline from $56 billion to $48 billion by October 2019
Venezuela uses stealth to sell gold reserves – reports
Maduro regime allegedly removed 8 tonnes from central bank last week
Venezuela to sell 15 tonnes of gold to UAE, reports say
US senator warns of sanctions if UAE co-operates with Maduro regime
Central bank gold purchases soar to highest level since 1971
Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan accumulated the most gold in 2018
Bank of England kept gold reserves from Venezuelan government, reports say
BoE declines to comment on reports as US government ramps up pressure on Maduro regime
Hungarian central bank increases gold reserve tenfold
Governor Matolcsy says prime minister asked MNB to reconsider gold policy
Central banks accelerate gold purchases in 2018
This has been the strongest period of gold buying since 2015, WGC says
Is the pursuit of a common accounting standard for monetary gold a fool’s errand?
More consistency could address transparency and independence concern
Central banks need a consistent approach to accounting for monetary gold
Kenneth Sullivan highlights the challenges for central banks in consistently accounting for monetary gold
Global gold demand weakens despite central bank surge
WGC figures show Q1 demand was its lowest for 10 years, though central banks bought more
World Gold Council launches gold accounting framework
Guidance aims to help central banks harmonise treatment of gold in their accounts
Central banks built up gold reserves in 2017
2017 sees eighth consecutive year of net purchases
UK Royal Mint to use blockchain to track gold trades
System will track ownership of gold traded on new platform without the need of a central database
Bundesbank moves 20% of gold reserves back to Germany
Bundesbank no longer stores gold in Paris
Central banks eye gold amid global uncertainty
Inflation and uncertainty may be leading reserve managers to view gold more favourably
Central bank gold purchases near record levels
Negative interest rate environment makes gold a favourable asset, WGC claims
Bundesbank over halfway towards gold repatriation goal
Deutsche Bundesbank repatriated 210 tonnes of gold in 2015
Austria to repatriate third of gold reserves
Central bank plans to move gold out of the UK and into Austria and Switzerland
Lithuania bought 1.6 tonnes of gold as part of euro switch
Adopting the euro allows Lithuania to diversify reserves
Swiss public reject gold initiative
Central bank welcomes the landslide result
Netherlands Bank moves 122.5 tonnes of gold from New York to Amsterdam
Switzerland set to vote on Swiss National Bank gold policy
SNB speaks out against 'gold initiative'
Referendum on ‘gold initiative’ to take place on November 30
Central Bank of Ecuador deposits half its gold with Goldman Sachs
Deal sees the bank swap half-a-million ounces of bullion for liquidity
European central banks strike new gold agreement
Washington agreement renewed for the third time