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Gold Leaves The West: Central Banks Repatriate Gold As Global Insecurity Rises

A gold bar rests on a dark world map between two open bank vaults, connected by glowing golden light trails.

By Vince Lanci, GoldFix:

A gold bar rests on a dark world map between two open bank vaults, connected by glowing golden light trails.

LONDON: Central banks are increasingly moving gold reserves out of traditional storage hubs in London and New York, reflecting growing concerns about geopolitical risk, sanctions exposure, and maintaining uninterrupted access to sovereign assets.

Rows of stacked gold bars in a vault, with a caption noting fewer central banks store gold in London and New York

For years, the conversation around central-bank gold buying focused on how much gold was being purchased.

Increasingly, the more important question may be where that gold is being stored.

 
Reserve managers are no longer treating storage decisions as an operational detail.
They are treating them as a strategic risk-management decision:

Continues at GoldFix:

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