{"id":30024,"date":"2018-01-22T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30024"},"modified":"2018-01-22T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:19:30","slug":"the-central-bank-of-russia-added-a-record-223-tons-of-gold-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30024","title":{"rendered":"The Central Bank of Russia Added a Record 223 Tons of Gold in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA ADDED A RECORD 223 TONS OF GOLD IN 2017<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Russian Central Bank Adds 300,000 ounces (9.331 tons) of gold to reserves in December.<\/p>\n

Since June 2015, the Central Bank of Russia has added over 558 tons of gold to reserves.<\/p>\n

December\u2019s 9.331 ton gold addition brings Russia\u2019s Central Bank holdings to 1838.211 tons; the sixth most of any nation, close behind the People\u2019s Bank of China.<\/p>\n

Overall Russian reserves rose from $431.636 in November to $432.742 in December.<\/p>\n

Russian holdings of U.S. Treasuries top $100 billion for eighth month in a row.<\/p>\n

Gold reserves worth $76.647 billion constitute 17.7% of overall Russian reserves.<\/p>\n

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