Gold
Ex-Sarb’s Mboweni to chair AngloGold Ashanti
Former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni appointed chairman of gold mining company
IMF to sell gold in the market
Fund’s move comes after offer of sale to central banks
China’s SWF to take control of its portfolios
China Investment Corporation will increase the proportion of investments that are managed in house, says its chairman Lou Jiwei
Swiss profits soar to $10 billion
Gold gains will see the Swiss National Bank book CHF10 billion in profits for 2009
China should turn to oil: senior central banker
People’s Bank of China director says country should invest in oil and other resources; dismisses suggestion that reserve accumulation will force yuan appreciation
Bank of Finland’s Huhtala on reserve management post-crisis
Heli Huhtala, the head of investments in the Banking Operations Department at the Bank of Finland, discusses how the crisis will change the thinking on central banks’ reserve-management strategies
Kazakhstan latest to step away from dollar
The National Bank of Kazakhstan, which has seen foreign currency reserves drop sharply, shifts towards euro on fears over the dollar’s weakness
Korea labels gold rush illusory
Bank of Korea’s head of reserves management looks to downplay surge of central bank interest in bullion
China wary of a gold bubble
People’s Bank of China deputy governor says steadily climbing gold prices could decrease the attractiveness of the metal as a reserve asset
Sri Lanka boosts gold holdings with IMF purchase
Central Bank of Sri Lanka buys 10 tonnes of gold from IMF, gold climbs higher
Mauritius buys IMF gold
International Monetary Fund sells two tonnes of gold to Bank of Mauritius
Gold hits new high, Sri Lanka latest to reveal purchases
Price soars on Monday to fresh peak; central bank says it bought gold to diversify reserves
India buys 200 tonnes of IMF gold
The Reserve Bank of India purchases just under half of the IMF’s sale quota for $6.7 billion
Korea considering shifting dollar assets to gold
Korean central bank reportedly interested in diversifying reserves; favours gold over dollar
Bundesbank caps gold sales for next year at 6.5 tonnes
Germany’s central bank limits gold sales for the next twelve months at 6.5 tonnes under Central Banks’ Gold Agreement
Gold prices breach $1,000
First time metal rises above $1,000 per ounce since February
ECB looks to soothe deflation fears
European Central Bank’s Jean-Claude Trichet and Lucas Papademos comment on the Governing Council’s decision to keep the key interest rates unchanged
European central banks agree third gold deal
New agreement will "accommodate" planned International Monetary Fund gold sales
Central-bank gold sales plunge
Official sector sells 73% less gold in six months to June than in the first half of 2008
Uncertainty clouds Italian gold tax
Silvio Berlusconi says gold levy criticised by ECB could be changed but Italian daily reports government plans to pass the tax in its current form
Gold is special
International Monetary Fund investigates how macroeconomic announcements affect commodity prices
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Italy to amend tax on gold on ECB opinion
Rome set to cut tax on gold after European Central Bank challenges levy
Ten heroes of monetary gold
Timothy Green, a journalist who has written about gold for 40 years, lists the ten individuals and institutions that have most shaped the precious metal's monetary history