Deutsche Bank's latest analysis (see attached file), notes that gold now represents roughly 30% of global FX and gold reserves, signaling a structural shift in central-bank diversification away from the U.S. dollar.
If this trend continues, gold could effectively serve as a quasi-reserve currency—a neutral anchor in a world of declining confidence in fiat money. While it can't function as a full reserve currency (it doesn't circulate, pay interest, or finance trade), gold's attributes make it a powerful parallel asset:
• Universally accepted: free from counterparty and sanctions risk
• Highly liquid: easily sold or swapped globally
• Politically neutral: not issued by any state, so it can't be frozen or devalued
In essence, gold could be re-emerging as a stabilizing store of value and partial alternative to the dollar's dominance in global reserves.
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However, the Krugman post (above) on Gold and the JMKeynes reflections regarding gold and reserve currency and markets. Those main stream economic comments still hold for many other orthodox economists.
FX rates reflect the underlying health / growth of various economies. $ down when it is not managing things too well. Like these days -- so flight to gold.