In the second quarter of 2024, Italy is the third country in the world for gold reserves in tons held by central banks, after the United States and Germany

Leading the ranking of gold held by national banks is the United States, which owns 8,133.46 tons. Next comes Germany, with 3,351.53 tons. Italy comes right after: 2,451.84 tons are kept in our country’s safes.

In fourth place, another Western European country, France, with 2,436.97 tons.

It must be said, however, that the ranking changes if gold is considered as a currency reserve (Fx reserves). In this case, China is firmly in the lead, with 3,285,272 million dollars, followed at a considerable distance by Japan, at 1,168,515.75 million dollars. The United States has ‘only’ 232,299.14 million. Italy, much lower, holds 85,158.61 million dollars. Just below, in fifth place, we find another country on the European continent, Russia, with 2,335.85 tons. And only in sixth place, at least taking tons as a yardstick, is the Asian giant, China, with 2,264.32 tons.

https://www.agi.it/economia/news/2024-08-20/italia-a-sorpresa-terzo-paese-mondo-riserve-oro-27546449/

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7 Comments

  1. giuliomagnifico on

    Se ve lo chiedete, la differenza è che nel primo caso è l’oro fisico detenuto dalla banca d’Italia, nel secondo sono tutte le riserve nazionali, come valute estere, bond, titoli, ecc..

  2. WaitEffective1 on

    Non si potrebbe usare queste grandi riserve per risolvere o ripianare alcuni dei mille problemi finanziari del Paese?

    Magari qualcuno sa spiegare perché sarebbe una cattiva o una buona idea

    Edit: ho posto un quesito e vengo downvotato, boh ma che problemi ha certa gente

  3. Bretton Woods, no? Valuta estera convertibile in dollari e da lì in oro che arrivava a pacchi grazie al boom economico.

    Di fatto il tesoretto dei nonni, solo che non sono qualche buono fruttifero ma miliardi di euro