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Why are central banks holding more gold and less dollars?

Why are central banks holding more gold and less dollars? The fed sell off of etfs and etps supports the dollar and makes gold cheaper to buy by the bullion banks

1. Central banks have been buying gold aggressively since 2008.

2. Over the last decade Russia added 570 tons of gold to its reserve.

3. In 2012, central banks added 12 million ounces of gold

4. China has a reported 1000 tons of reported gold in their reserves. Gold imports to China in 2012 reach 570 tons. Jim rickards think China may have 4000 tons of gold in their reserves. China wants 10,000 tons and for the yuan to be 50 percent of the currency within the decade.

5. Evgeny Fedorov, said, "The more gold a country has, the more sovereignty it will have if there's a cataclysm with the dollar, the euro, the pound, or any other reserve currency."

6. Central banks expect the dollar to move lower, inflation to increase, unemployment to rise, and borrowing to decrease. Central banks are getting ready for a change in the dollar

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-26/guest-post-whom-believe-gold-central-banks-or-bloomberg

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