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Widespread gold lending by central banks in '99

Michael Allan McCrae | December 09, 2012 | 5:20 am Precious Metals Europe Gold 

Ten years ago about 80 central banks lent 15% of their official gold reserves that pushed down spot gold prices, according to an IMF report that was uncovered by Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee. Some of the banks doing the lending...

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