Russia's gold reserves surpass its U.S. dollar holdings for first time, says country's central bank
俄羅斯中央銀行稱,俄羅斯黃金儲備首次超過美元持有量 Anna Golubova Tuesday January 12, 2021 16:09
The value of Russian gold in its forex reserves has surpassed the country’s U.S. dollar holdings for the first time, said Russia’s central bank.
俄羅斯中央銀行說,俄羅斯黃金的外匯儲備價值首次超過了該國的美元儲備。
The country’s total gold reserves as part of the foreign exchange holdings were up at 22.9% as of June 30, 2020, according to Russia’s central bank data. In comparison, the U.S. dollar holdings declined to 22.2%. 根據俄羅斯中央銀行的數據,截至2020年6月30日,該國作為外匯儲備一部分的黃金總儲備增長了22.9%。相比之下,美元持有量下降至22.2%。
Gold holdings now total $128.5 billion versus the $124.6 billion held in U.S. dollars, the central bank said on Monday. 中央銀行週一表示,目前的黃金持有量總計為1,285億美元,而美元持有量為1,246億美元。
The euro holdings also shrank to 29.5%, and the holdings of the Chinese yuan were down to 12.2%. These statistics are published with a six-month lag. 歐元的持倉量也縮減至29.5%,而人民幣的持倉量則下降至12.2%。這些統計數據的發布滯後六個月。
Russia has stopped buying gold back in April, with total holdings remaining at 73.9 million ounces. The reason for the increase in the value of gold reserves comes from the increase in the price of gold, which ended 2020 up 25%. 俄羅斯已於4月停止購買黃金,總持有量仍為7390萬盎司。黃金儲備價值增加的原因是黃金價格上漲,該價格在2020年末上漲了25%。
The latest data on official gold reserves published by the World Gold Council confirms no new activity from Russia. 世界黃金協會發布的官方黃金儲備的最新數據證實,俄羅斯沒有新的活動。
However, overall, central banks around the world became net sellers of gold in November as they sold more than they bought, according to the data. 然而,根據數據,總體而言,全球中央銀行在11月成為黃金的淨賣家,因為它們的出售量超過了購買量。
This is not the first time that happened in 2020. Central banks were also net sellers in August and September. The month of August marked the end of a year and a half-long period of monthly gold purchases. 這並不是2020年的第一次。央行在8月和9月也是淨賣家。 8月標誌著每月黃金購買一年半的結束。
In November, official global reserves declined by 6.5 metric tons. Looking at the numbers in more detail, there was a total of 16 tons of gold bought in November. The countries that added the most to their reserves were Uzbekistan with 8.4 tons, Qatar with 3.1 tons, India with 2.8 tons, and Kazakhstan with 1.7 tons. 11月,全球官方儲備減少了6.5公噸。更詳細地看一下數字,11月總共購買了16噸黃金。儲備增加最多的國家是烏茲別克斯坦8.4噸,卡塔爾3.1噸,印度2.8噸和哈薩克斯坦1.7噸。
On the other hand, 23.3 tons of gold was sold in November, with Turkey leading the pack. 另一方面,11月售出了23.3噸黃金,其中土耳其居首位。