News Source: Financial Times
| 21 days ago
European monetary authorities sold huge amounts of bullion, while Asian countries opted to hoard US Treasuries as the main reserve asset. As a result, by last year the share of gold in the world’s official reserves had plunged to a record low of...
News Source: Financial Times
| 21 days ago
India’s decision to exchange $6.7bn for gold equivalent to 8 per cent of world annual mine production sent the strongest signal yet that Asian countries were moving away from the US currency. The purchase by New Delhi’s Reserve Bank from the...
News Source: 7days
| 21 days ago
The International Monetary Fund kicked off the sale of more than 400 tonnes of gold with a wallop, saying it sold almost half to India, the world’s biggest gold consumer, at near-record prices. The IMF announced it sold 200 tonnes of gold to India...
News Source: Times Online
| 21 days ago
India’s $6.7bn taste for gold sends price soaring David Robertson The gold spot price hit a new high of $1,078 an ounce yesterday after India said that it would buy 200 tonnes of the precious metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 21 days ago
W hy should we care about the IMF selling a truckload of gold to India? Well, to start, because the gold market clearly cares deeply...The sales took place over the past two weeks, and represent almost half of the IMF's previously announced 403.3-...
News Source: Telegraph India
| 21 days ago
India has buried a shame in gold but reaped a worry in grain. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sold 200 tonnes of gold to the RBI for $6.8 billion to refurbish the aid agencys coffers, mirroring the stunning turnaround in Indias fortunes...