“Tradition”. That was Ben Bernanke’s succinct reply recently when asked why central bankers continue to hold so much gold even while insisting that it is not money. Now, after a decade in which official gold reserves shrank continuously – outpacing growth in exchange traded funds nearly twofold – there may be a change in the air. Central banks made the largest purchases of gold in decades in the past quarter, says the World Gold Council.
“習慣使然。”最近，在被問到為何央行官員們一邊堅稱黃金不是貨幣，一邊又繼續持有這么多黃金時，本?伯南克(Ben Bernanke)做出了如此簡潔的回答。在過去十年里，官方黃金儲備持續減少——其縮減速度接近交易所交易基金(ETF)黃金購買增速的兩倍——如今，情況可能有所變化。世界黃金協會(WGC)表示，上一個季度，全球央行的黃金購買量達到近幾十年來的最高值。
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