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在实施了一项卖掉黄金,储存其他国家货币的多年策略之后,加拿大政府的黄金储备基本上已经减少至零。
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; F. N9 ]; y% U8 o7 t% x/ V7 I事实上,渥太华仍然持有77盎司黄金,按目前的市场价,77盎司黄金大约价值十三万加元。这77盎司黄金全部是金币,而不是政府过去储存的大块金砖。! j/ e& ?0 k' r# }# o8 p7 X2 T/ ~
6 ^, D6 b4 q6 r* o8 ^8 o$ o星期五,黄金的价格升至一年多来的最高点,达到$1,274.70 美元/盎司# r: ^6 W. w" S# f9 o2 V/ m
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渥太华的黄金持有量在1960年代达到顶峰,持有量超过一千吨。但从那时开始,政府就持续不断地出售自己持有的黄金,到2003年时,渥太华的黄金储量降至3.4吨,现在,这些黄金几乎全部卖掉了。
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, w9 ?3 e, l7 o2 N1 ~ M# p4 d“卖掉黄金的决定并不是因为特定的黄金价格, 出售黄金已经在很长一个时期内以有控的方式进行着。”财政部发言人David Barnabe 在写给CBC新闻的电子信中说。
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“政府有一项长期的投资多样化的政策,这项政策就是通过卖掉实物,如黄金,然后把钱用来投资金融资产,金融资产更容易买卖和交易,有很深的买方和卖方市场。”David Barnabe说。
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7 P* N/ i p1 l& M; J其他国家仍然在囤积黄金 Z: ~: [& O8 g" B! k2 A
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并不是所有国家的政府都在抛售黄金。俄罗斯,印度,中国 仍然在积极地增加他们的黄金储备。去年下半年,这些国家的中央银行的黄金储备增加了336吨,比上一年增加了25%。5 {0 j$ {! Z2 l: o7 `* W
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今年二月,美国联邦储备的70%为黄金,约8133吨,德国3381吨,占上个月联邦储备的66%,而法国和意大利的黄金储备分别为 2400吨,分别为各自联邦储备的60%。
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' m, i( H6 f3 X- @0 X+ R4 W4 T注:只翻译了主要关键段落。如有错误之处,请批评指证。目的是通过自己的一点义务工作,使有兴趣的人了解一些知识。附上英文全文以便对照。9 s' W+ i' S' G. Z* z) O/ T
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Ottawa sells off almost all its gold reserves, leaving just 77 ounces — or less4 N9 b- [; L; F
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The government of Canada has wound down its gold reserves to basically nothing after a multi-year strategy of selling them off in favour of hoarding other countries' currencies instead.8 z* W! x9 M1 F6 t* u) Z3 L
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According to the Department of Finance's official international reserves data released Thursday, Canada's gold reserves were down effectively to $0 as of the end of February. That's the value that Ottawa assigns its gold holdings from an accounting perspective.
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In fact, Ottawa still has 77 ounces of gold, worth about $130,000 Canadian at current market prices. All of that consists of gold coins, as opposed to large bullion bricks that the government once hoarded.
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) m# h3 @8 H Y( }+ ?) ]The price of gold surged to its highest level in more than a year on Friday at $1,274.70 US an ounce.
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Ottawa's gold holdings peaked in the 1960s at more than 1,000 tonnes. But the government has been steadily selling off its gold holdings ever since. By 2003, Ottawa was down to 3.4 tonnes, which it has now almost entirely sold.
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Doc Zone: Canada's diminished gold reserves9 f6 |: D5 K) s
Canada selling off most of its gold9 f5 w+ o' j2 n& m7 G* Z
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Figures show Canada sold 41,106 ounces of gold coins in December and another 32,860 ounces of gold coins in January. Last month, the government sold off another 21,851 in February.
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# I9 }" B& w& I: ^) q! q+ R! C"The decision to sell the gold was not tied to a specific gold price, and sales are being conducted over a long period and in a controlled manner," Finance Department spokesman David Barnabe wrote in a recent email to CBC News.
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( ~; c4 c; _% V D$ {, O6 i"The government has a long-standing policy of diversifying its portfolio by selling physical commodities (such as gold) and instead investing in financial assets that are easily tradable and that have deep markets of buyers and sellers," he said.0 F5 ?3 [: ~1 Q# Q7 ?7 C6 L
; T9 d3 s$ @' h8 ZThe final 77 ounces may in fact already be sold, but we won't know that until the monthly reserve figures come out for March in early April.
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Gold at $1,200 an ounce pleases bullion bugs5 X" ]! A& m Z; ?/ g/ r
0 g A: r5 d- d$ O: s- T# ?The figures don't say which coins Ottawa has been selling. The Royal Canadian Mint has produced pure Maple Leaf gold coins in a variety of denominations for more than 40 years. They've proven to be popular around the world, with more than 25 million troy ounces of coins sold since 1979. It also produces gold coins for collectors, along with gold bars and wafers.. a, o5 U8 U& m, P" ]0 u3 @( ~- m
. W" m& J0 z. o9 KCanada produced $5 and $10 gold coins in the 1912-1914 period, too. The mint began to sell off its stash of that vintage gold in 2012 and ended that program in early 2014, selling 30,000 high-quality vintage coins containing 13,000 ounces of gold. The remaining lower-quality vintage coins were all refined so the government could sell the balance as gold bullion.
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+ P2 M4 L& d! K& S- T0 ^& tFormer senior Finance Department bureaucrat Don Drummond says he doesn't think it makes any sense for Canada to hold any gold, because it hasn't delivered a good rate of return over time and it costs money to store it.! A3 `- V7 D9 U3 Y$ g$ ~6 |
4 Q# `% U& T/ F4 E- k @5 WDrummond says that hundreds of years ago, gold symbolized the wealth of a country.
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But that's no longer the case, since no major world economies still value their money tied to the gold standard.. Z4 L( R1 {6 f" U1 N& T# D$ ~2 X
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That doesn't mean all governments are selling off their gold hoards, however. Countries such as Russia, India and China are currently bolstering their reserves. Central banks added 336 tonnes to their reserves in the second half of last year, a 25 per cent increase from the previous year, the World Gold Council says.
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$ o: O! [: F% Z5 z$ I' q6 jIn February, the U.S. held about 8,133 tonnes of gold, which made up 72 per cent of its reserves. Germany had 3,381 tonnes for 66 per cent of its reserves last month, while Italy and France each held more than 2,400 tonnes — over 60 per cent of their respective reserves.
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With files from The Canadian Press
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