TREE NEWS reports: Kazakhstan’s central bank is selling gold and plans to cut the metal’s share of its total foreign exchange reserves by about 3 percentage points by the end of this year, Deputy Governor Aliya Moldabekova said. She said rising US Treasury yields have made the dollar an attractive option, reducing gold’s appeal as an investment asset, and added that the bank had not seen such levels in a long time.
Kazakhstan Central Bank to Cut Gold Share of Reserves as US Yields Rise
This is a notable signal because a central bank is explicitly framing gold's appeal as a function of US Treasury yields, not as a structural reserve shift. It matters for gold-market watchers: reserve managers are price-sensitive, and a pivot toward dollar assets when yields rise suggests official-sector demand may be less sticky than assumed. Whether other central banks echo this rotation — or treat it as a tactical trim — is the open question.
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