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  • Are they serious ? The problem of non-existent US gold reserves is 70 years old. France cashed out in the sixties and the gold standard was abolished in 1971 because the US were defaulting on their own bills

    • 1 year

      This article is about the German gold reserves, Not the US ones. Germany have Had some gold stored in New York during the cold war, Most of IT transfered Back to Germany in the begining 2000s. But some Portion remained. Every Country has some Form of their reserves stored within other countries (be it gold, prciuos Metals, USD). It’s used as Backup or collateral for Trades between countries, in Case of a Default on either Side.

      • 1 year

        Why do you capitalize seemingly random words? Is this a translation artifact or something?

        • 1 year

          Somewhat, writing on a German autocorrect Keyboard instead of an english one creates this. And always setting my Android autocorrect to other languages is quite troublesome. I try to correct most issues though.

      • 1 year

        That doesn’t really drive its current price though. It’s a fetish for some people who have a problem with current monetary systems in general.