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Gold as Collateral for Eurozone Sovereign Debt - The World Gold Council (WGC) has commissioned Europe Economics to provide a politico-economic assessment of its proposal for the use of gold as collateral for Eurozone sovereign debt, especially the debt of Italy and Portugal.
As part of gold's growing financial usage the World Gold Council conducted a case study to examine gold's potential role on bank balance sheets as part of new liquidity buffers being discussed in global banking regulations within Basel III. The case study examines the effect of adding gold to the Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR).