De trend lijkt maar niet te stoppen, nu blijkt dat ook de centrale bank van Argentinië voor het eerst sinds februari 2005 zijn goudreserve verder aandikte met 7 ton goud.

LONDON (Reuters) – Argentina added to its gold reserves for the first time in nearly six years in September 2011 as the price hit record highs, mirroring the trend among emerging central banks to diversify further from paper currencies such as the U.S. dollar. Data from the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday showed Latin America’s third-largest economy added some 7 tonnes of gold to its holdings, bringing its reserves to 61.74 tonnes in September last year, when the spot gold price hit all-time peaks of $1,920.30 an ounce. This was the first addition by Buenos Aires to its gold reserves since February 2005, according to the IMF’s monthly international finance statistics report. “To me the most interesting central banks headline this morning is that of Argentina. It’s a new entry into the mix after a seven-year hiatus, its inflation is running at nearly 10 percent,” Edel Tully, precious metals strategist at UBS, said. “Also, much uncertainty exists surrounding its nationalization plans and restrictions on international trade have implications for growth,” she said, adding that the fact that Argentina bought when gold was trading at record highs suggested that the central bank was more concerned about accumulating enough gold, rather than the price level.

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