Central Bank gold reserves
fell 20.9 tons in November
17 January 2021
The World Gold Council (WGC) has
announced official gold reserves data for November. According to the Central
Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) in November last year 20.9 tons of gold
reserves in most of the world was falling central bank most.In the assessment
of the issue WGC in Turkey's domestic demand increased due to the increased
gold exchanges between the banks and the Central Bank, it also led to a
decrease in reserves, he said. The Central Bank of Mongolia became the central
bank with the biggest decrease in gold reserves after the CBRT in November with
2.4 tons.On the other hand, Uzbekistan was the country that increased its gold
reserves the most with 8.4 tons, followed by Qatar with 3.1 tons, India with
2.8 tons and Kazakhstan with 1.7 tons. Global gold reserves decreased by 6.5
tons in November.
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11 MONTHS
Despite the sale in November, the
CBRT increased its gold reserves by 134.6 tons of gold in the first 11 months of
2020. There was a net increase in 9 out of 11 months. In the first 11 months,
it was by far the central bank in the world to increase its gold reserves the
most. January-November 2020 period, Turkey's official gold reserves after the
highest increase in the country's 38 shades India, Russia 27.4 tons, 23.9 tons
United Arab Emirates, Qatar was 14.5 tons and 6.8 tons of Argentina.
These developments together with
Turkey, which most official gold reserves in the world with 547 tonnes as of
November was 11 countries.
COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST
OFFICIAL GOLD RESERVES IN THE WORLD:
Rank
|
Country
|
Gold
reserve (tons)
|
1
|
USA
|
8,134
|
2
|
Germany
|
3,362
|
3
|
Italy
|
2,452
|
4
|
France
|
2,436
|
5
|
Russia
|
2,299
|
6
|
China
|
1,948
|
7
|
Switzerland
|
1,040
|
8
|
Japan
|
765.2
|
9
|
India
|
672.9
|
10
|
Netherlands
|
612.5
|
11
|
Turkey
|
547
|
12
|
Taiwan
|
423.6
|
13
|
Kazakhstan
|
386.3
|
14
|
Portugal
|
382.6
|
15
|
Uzbekistan
|
324.1
|
16
|
Saudi
Arabia
|
323.1
|
17
|
United
Kingdom
|
310.3
|
18
|
Lebanon
|
286.8
|
19
|
Spain
|
281.6
|
20
|
Austria
|
280
|
The USA has the largest official
gold reserve in the world with 8,134 tons. Germany with 3.362 tons and Italy
with 2452 tons follow the USA.
Source: https://www.haberturk.com/merkez-bankasi-kasimda-209-ton-altin-satti-2939492-ekonomi
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