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From wikipedia about the BIS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_International_Settlements
No mention of gold at the wiki article.
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OK, let's try this:
www.bis.org
Searching for "gold" yielded an article with this sentence:
In addition, the Bank owned 116 tonnes of fine gold at 30 September 2011.
http://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet.htm
http://www.bis.org/banking/finserv.htmForeign exchange and gold services
Services offered are:
spot deals, swaps, outright forwards, options, FX-linked deposits
foreign exchange overnight orders
safekeeping and settlements facilities available loco London, Berne or New York
purchases and sales of gold: spot, outright, swap or options
From wikipedia (search result for Federal Reserve, then Balance Sheet section of the article):
Analyzing the Federal Reserve's balance sheet reveals a number of facts:
The Fed has over $11 billion in gold stock (certificates), which represents the Fed's financial interest in the statutory-determined value of gold turned over to the U.S. Treasury in accordance with the Gold Reserve Act on January 30, 1934.[162] The value reported here is based on a statutory valuation of $42 2/9 per fine troy ounce. As of March 2009, the market value of that gold is around $247.8 billion.
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I guess that means that the Fed's gold is "certificates" and not physical gold owned and held by them.
I HAVE seen (on the internet, search for it) a brochure published by the Fed in which it looks like a BIG part of the gold that they store there (in a vault deep under the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) is owned by foreigners who want it held for "safekeeping" (LOL). Lots of pretty & shiny 400 oz bars... They show scales, auditors(?) and other employees in that brochure as well.
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