Central banks continuing to boost gold reserves

Given the crisis in Ukraine and deteriorating ties with the West, Russia has been aggressively accumulating gold reserves.

The IMF, in its recently released International Financial Statistics report, showed that the Russian central bank has hiked its gold holdings by 16.8 tonnes to 1,094.8 tonnes in June.

Indeed, most central banks are increasing their gold reserves, IMF data showed. Russia, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Serbia, Greece and Equador have all reported higher gold reserves for June.

Central banks continuing to boost gold reserves