The Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement—Or Does It?

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Written By Ellie Ohiso

The central bank provides limited inventory information and won’t let outsiders count the bars, prompting skeptics to pounce

Eighty feet below the streets of lower Manhattan, a Federal Reserve vault protected by armed guards contains about 6,200 tons of gold.

Or doesn’t.

Ellie Ohiso https://www.ohiso.com/
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