赶尸客栈4有声小说:『经济学人』手中有金心中不慌 各国黄金储备排行榜 - JuliaD的日志 - 网易博客
Gold reserves - Bullion for you
黄金储备 - 你的金条
Where the world's gold is held
全球哪国金最多
THEcreditworthiness of a country used to be judged by the level of itsgold reserves. Under the gold standard, a fall in reserves would lead tothe central bank taking crisis measures. The country with the biggestreserves in the world is, not surprisingly, America, with 8,134 tonnes.But expressed in terms of reserves per person, the picture looks verydifferent. It is no surprise to see Switzerland at the top of the list,but why is Lebanon in second place? Its reserves were purchased when thecountry was the Middle East’s financial centre in the 1960s and 1970sand safeguarded through the civil war years by legal restrictions and bycentral-bank governor Edmond Naim, who according to legend slept in thebank to protect the hoard. China does not feature in the list at all;but gold bugs fantasise about what might happen if the people’s republicwere to swap just some of its mountain of Treasury bonds for bullion.
曾几何时,一个国家的信誉值是用其黄金储备的数量来决定的。在金本位体制下,金储备的下降可以导致中央银行采取危机措施。目前全球拥有最多黄金储备的国家自然毫无疑问是美国,共有8134吨。但要是算起人均金储备,这个排名就又不一样了。瑞士会雄踞榜首并不让人吃惊,但为什么第二名竟然会是黎巴嫩呢?这主要是因为黎巴嫩的黄金储备大都是在上世纪六七十年代,该国还是中东金融中心的时候购入的,后来虽然经过多年内战但依然被法律规定安全保护了下来,而且据传当时的央行行长每晚都会睡在银行保护存金。中国在该排行榜中名落孙山,但金虫们都很想知道要是这个人民共和国将手中如山的美国国债换成金条情况又会是怎样呢。
各国人均黄金储备排行榜:
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