Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of U.S. and Canada, citing ‘crisis preparedness’ - CNBC
Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of U.S. and Canada, citing ‘crisis preparedness’ - CNBC
Source: CNBC
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DW NOTE
The Dutch central bank just announced it no longer trusts New York and Ottawa vaults to hold its gold in a crisis. That is not a technical reallocation — it is a geopolitical hedge against the possibility that Washington might freeze allied assets the same way it froze Russia's. When a founding NATO member starts repatriating monetary gold from North America, reserve currency credibility is no longer a given.