Financial Times - 2004
Posted on 10/08/2025 3:01:23 AM PDT by C19fan
The cost of Gordon Brown’s decision to sell the nation’s gold on the cheap 25 years ago has ballooned to £35billion.
The then-Labour Chancellor sold 395 tonnes of bullion between 1999 and 2002 for a paltry £2.6billion.
The gold price has soared since then, hitting a record high of $4,040 an ounce on Wednesday.
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Financial Times - 2004
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