BBC: Gordon Brown's Gold Sales, 20 Years Today

By  BBC / May 07, 2019 / www.bullionvault.com / Article Link

LONDON, 7 May 2019 - Analysis and insight from BullionVault features extensively today in a detailed report from world-renowned news service the BBC about Gordon Brown's controversial sale of UK gold reserves, announced this day 20 years ago.

"It was the bottom of gold's two-decade bear market," says Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault.

"[While] hindsight may be a wonderful thing...there were plenty of people warning against the move at the time - including at the Bank of England," the BBC explains.

To read the full story, widely syndicated to global portals including MSN, go to the BBC here:

Gold: Gordon Brown's sale remains controversial 20 years on

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