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Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopolitical unrest'

Netherlands pulls gold out of the US for fears of 'geopolitical unrest'

daniel_iversen

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  • prymitive
    The funny thing is that with $40T of public dept US is basically taking money from other countries (in exchange for a pice of paper saying IOU) and then using that money to force these countries to do what’s in US best interests (real or perceived). And the bigger that pile of debt is the more every government is invested in us not going bankrupt, hence the leverage just gets stronger. US is basically a private equity typo of global power - getting others to lend them a knife it stabs them in the back.
  • rsanek
    For those seeking a more level-headed view, the Fed reports on foreign-owned gold monthly. Going back a couple of decades: Month Book value ($M) Tonnes July 2006 8,967 6,606 July 2011 8,412 6,197 July 2016 7,883 5,807 July 2021 7,794 5,742 July 2026 7,812 5,755 The linked report is talking about a change of 1.5% from the latest-reported total amount in tonnes.
  • clort
    Interestingly, 59 tonnes of gold was sold in USA and bought in London. So that means perhaps "Somebody" transferred 59 tonnes of their gold holdings to the USA.. who was that?This is similar to what the French did last year.The other thing I noticed, is that as the article chose to mention:> Gold that is held with the Bank of England must meet modern international trade standardswith implication being that the gold it previously held in the USA was not meeting those standards, but is that just journalistic fluff? what are those standards? (could be exact weights in g rather than purity?)NB the Netherlands still has >200 tonnes of gold held in the USA & Canada.
  • thelastgallon
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49573455Why are European countries moving their gold out of North America?
  • ivolimmen
    I am dutch and read the news this week but I found it weird that a part of it went to England. I was expecting a European country.
  • giov4
    based on the fact that in the past was moved for safety and deals towards US, if it's now moved back to EU is it because it feels safer and less deal dependency?
  • le-mark
    They want to see how much of it is gold plated tungsten, good for them!
  • wolvoleo
    Good but they should pull the rest too. Not just this small bit.
  • niemandhier
    Germany still has about 1200 t in the US. I wonder if they are going to move it too.
  • Brendinooo
    Data from a chart in the article: Share of gold before relocation: New York: 31.33% Zeist: 30.83% Ottawa: 19.72% London: 18.12% Share of gold after relocation New York: 18.52% Zeist: 30.83% Ottawa: 18.52% London: 32.13% In other words, if you read the headline and thought the Netherlands was just pulling gold out of the US and it was pulling ALL of its gold out, you're not seeing the whole story.And if you read the whole article, you'll see that all of the anti-Trump framing comes from "experts", not from the actual people moving the gold.If you'd like to read the actual statement from the Dutch National Bank, it's here:https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/press-release-2026/dnb-im...
  • xyst
    If only the rest of the world could follow.
  • ArtTimeInvestor
    How is the situation with Bitcoin?Do Europeans have options to hold Bitcoin in ETFs, ETPs etc that are not storing the coins in the USA?
  • ktallett
    I'm curious the reason why it was ever held in the US and Canada
  • retired
    Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to Londonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535526
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  • amelius
    Isn't lithium the new gold?
  • neves
    When USA stole assets from Cuba and Venezuela, nobody minded. After they stole from Russia, everybody eyes opened.