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Illya Gerasymchuk
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assuming all of the gold revaluation gains get credited to the Treasury's general account to retire government debt (e.g. by re-purchasing US Treasury bonds from the market) - that would cover a mere β‰ˆ3% of outstanding US government debt

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Illya Gerasymchuk

2025-09-05 00:30

assuming all of the gold revaluation gains get credited to the Treasury's general account to retire government debt (e.g. by re-purchasing US Treasury bonds from the market) - that would cover a mere β‰ˆ3% of outstanding US government debt

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gold revaluation proceeds are not necessarily used to cover sovereign debt

central banks of Italy, Germany, Lebanon, South Africa & CuraΓ§ao and Sint Maarten reevaluated gold in the past, with some using the proceeds to finance the government, while others the central bank

gold revaluation proceeds are not necessarily used to cover sovereign debt