So the prospects for gold from a central bank perspective is good. A colleague of mine is participating in one of the panel discussions scheduled for tomorrow and he will enlighten you on the Bank’s management of gold reserves. But, allow me to make the following brief comments. The Bank holds around 4 million fine ounces of gold in its foreign reserves.
BIS Review 42/2010  3  Treasury committing to provide public capital as needed. The goal of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program – popularly called the stress test – was to ensure that these firms held sufficient capital, in both quantity and quality, to withstand worse-than-expected economic conditions over the subsequent two years and yet remain healthy and capable of lending to creditworthy borrowers.