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 8 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on October 12, 2026.
Coverage
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.
