Central Banking
The function national and regional monetary authorities perform in managing a country's currency, interest rates, and official reserves, including gold and foreign-exchange holdings held both domestically and in custody abroad.
Covered in 9 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on October 21, 2026.
Coverage
Russia Sells 6.2 Tonnes of Gold in September, Cutting Reserves to Their Lowest Since 2019
One large holder is selling while others keep buying.
Kazakhstan's Central Bank Starts Selling Gold to Cut It to 75% of Reserves as Yields Rise
Some central banks are rebalancing away from gold as yields rise.
Bank of Korea Plans to Buy a Tonne of Domestic Gold in December, Its First Since 2013
The Bank of Korea gains a route to build gold reserves without using dollars.
Goldman Sachs: China's Central Bank Bought 75% More Gold in July Than It Officially Reported
Evidence of larger-than-disclosed gold accumulation reinforces central banks' multi-year shift toward gold as a reserve-diversification tool away from the US dollar.
India's Central Bank Built Up Both Gold and US Treasuries Over the Past Decade, Unlike China
The decade-long data shows reserve managers treating gold and US Treasuries as complementary tools rather than a single either-or choice, a more nuanced picture than a uniform shift away from the dollar.
Central Banks Have Relocated Gold Reserves in Three Waves Since 2000, World Gold Council Says
The WGC's three-wave framework reflects a maturing institutional approach to reserve management, where custody risk, physical accessibility and market liquidity are now weighed together rather than defaulting to simple repatriation.
India's Forex Reserves Fall $4.92 Billion as the RBI's Gold Holdings Take the Bigger Hit
A weekly mark-to-market swing in a reserve manager's gold valuation is routine reserve accounting, not a shift in the RBI's actual holdings or policy stance.
Venezuela Nears Deal to Move Disputed $4 Billion Gold Reserve From London to New York
The case is a live illustration of sovereign custody risk -- gold held in a foreign vault can become inaccessible for years over a political recognition dispute -- without directly affecting global gold supply, demand or trading activity.
Namibia Starts Building Its First-Ever Gold Reserves Through a Domestic Mine Deal
Namibia diversifies its foreign reserves away from being entirely currency- and bond-based for the first time.
