Recevez notre Marketbriefing
overtheedge
Member since May 2012
680 commentaries - 6 followers
6 followers
has posted a comment on the article :
>Russia Sees Gold Reserves As “Additional Financial Cushion” In Face Of “External Uncertainties” - Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie
My math must be faulty or ... ,

$500 billion.
Assume that is in USD and we use US tons as the metric.
1 ton = 24,000 troy ounces
24,000 ozt X $1100 USD = $26.4 million/ton
$500 billion/$26.4 million = 18,938.4 tons

US gold reserves assumed to be 8,133.5 tonnes
1 tonne = 1.023 US (short) tons
8,133.5 x 1.023 = 8,320.6 tons

Verstehen sie?


Commented
3080 days ago
-
Send
Beginning of the headline :- Gold and fx reserves are “additional financial cushion” for state in face of “external uncertainties” – Russia bought another 77 tonnes of gold in Q3 – Ruble volatility does not create risks for financial stability in Russia – Russia intends building fx and gold reserves to $500 billion in coming years – Gold is a “100% guarantee from legal and political risks”Russian central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina spoke about Russia’s gold and foreign currency reserves today saying Russia intended b... Read More
Reply to this comment
You must be logged in to comment an article8000 characters max.
Log in or Sign up
Top articles