Dutch Shift Part of Their Gold Reserves From the United States to London Amid Instability
Translated from Czech and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The Dutch central bank transferred about 86 tonnes of gold from storage in New York and Ottawa to London between March and August.
- The move represented more than a quarter of its nearly 313 tonnes of gold held in the United States and Canada.
- The bank cited concerns about geopolitical instability in its Thursday announcement.
The Netherlands has moved more than a quarter of its gold reserves stored in the United States and Canada to London, citing concerns about geopolitical instability.
The Dutch central bank transferred about 86 tonnes of gold from New York and Ottawa between March and August. The gold was relocated to London, which now holds the reserves previously kept in those two North American cities.
The transferred amount represents more than a quarter of the nearly 313 tonnes of Dutch gold reserves stored in the United States and Canada. The central bank announced the move in a statement on Thursday and linked it to the changing geopolitical environment.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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