| Germans Fret about Their Foreign Gold Reserves |
Spiegel, 15/05/2012 (traduire en Français  )
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A large portion of Germany's massive gold reserves are stored abroad, mainly in the Federal Reserve in New York. But are the bars really where they are supposed to be? A dispute has broken out over whether the central bank needs to check on its gold, or if Germany can trust its international partners.
According to German media reports, the Bundesrechnungshof has now recommended in its confidential annual audit of the Bundesbank for 2011 that Germany's central bank check its foreign gold reserves with yearly spot checks.
The Bundesbank has rejected the demand, arguing that central banks do not usually check each others' reserves. "The scope of the checks that the Bundesrechnungshof wants does not correspond to the usual practices among central banks," the Bundesbank said in a statement quoted by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. "There are no doubts about the integrity and the reputation of these foreign depositories."
Some Germans even want to bring the gold reserves back to Germany. An initiative called "Gold Action" is campaigning under the slogan: "Repatriate Our Gold!" Its petition has been signed by prominent industrialist Hans-Olaf Henkel and Frank Schäffler, a parliamentarian with the business-friendly Free Democrats who is known for his euroskeptic views.
The initiative alleges that there is an "acute" danger that the German gold could be expropriated as a result of the financial and debt crisis. They argue that the German government could soon be forced to sell gold to cover the costs of the crisis.
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Les allemands, sous leurs dehors moralistes, sont très c*ns.
RépondreSupprimerIls sont oublié la vraie et unique règle d'or qui tienne : le pognon, ça reste à la pogne.
Je sens qu'ils vont pleurer quand le nouveau président US, dont For Knox est rempli de lingots 22 carats invendables quand ils ne sont pas fourrés au tungstène, va leur dire qu'ils peuvent s'assoir sur leur or.
ils le savent déja.et ils n'ont pas eu le choix après guerre de garder leur or
SupprimerC'est pour ça qu'ils veulent mettre la main sur l'or des Grecs, des Espagnols et des Portugais... entre autres. Au nom des "garanties" nécessaires pour opérer des transferts financiers.
RépondreSupprimerOn parlerait d'un montant total... inférieur à 100 millions d'euros!
RépondreSupprimerhttp://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/germanys-gold-its-time-for-an-accurate-accounting.html
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The Bundesbank’s latest Annual Report states: “As of 31 December 2009, the Bundesbank’s holdings of fine gold (ozf) amounted to 3,406,789 kg or 110 million ounces. The gold was valued at market prices at the end of the year (1 kg = €24,638.63 or 1 ozf = €766.347).” The total value therefore reported by the Bundesbank on its balance sheet is €83,939 million."
A combien se montent déjà les besoins de recapitalisation des banques allemandes, ou de l'état grec?... ;-)
Vous faites erreur et confondez les "," décimales et les "," des milliers. L'Allemagne possède 3500 TONNES d'or... à 39000€/kg ca nous fait 136,5 milliard d'euro. Ce n'est donc pas un montant négligeable !
SupprimerA lui seul l'Etat grec détient 110 tonnes...
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