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Kyrgyzstan wants everyone to have 100 grams of gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Evgenia Pismennaya and Anna Andrianova
Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 15, 2017

A landlocked nation perched between China and Kazakhstan is embarking on an experiment with little parallel worldwide: shifting savings from cattle to gold.

One of the first post-Soviet republics to adopt a new currency and let it trade freely, Kyrgyzstan's central bank wants every citizen to diversify into gold. Governor Tolkunbek Abdygulov says his "dream" is for every one of the 6 million citizens to own at least 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of the precious metal, the Central Asian country's biggest export.

"Gold can be stored for a long time and, despite the price fluctuations on international markets, it doesn't lose its value for the population as a means of savings," he said in an interview. "I'll try to turn the dream into reality faster."

In the two years that the central bank has offered bars directly to the population, about 140 kilograms of bullion have been sold, Abdygulov, 40, said by phone from the capital, Bishkek. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-15/currency-pioneers...



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Thursday, January 19, 2017

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