21.   Central banks have been selling their gold in order to buy interest-bearing assets such as government bonds and currencies, which are easier to sell.

22.   Central banks in Australia and Argentina announced they sold gold last year in favor of investment in assets with better returns, dragging gold prices lower.

23.   Expectations that central banks will sell gold drove down prices this year.

24.   Gold fell after a report that central banks sold more gold during the first half of the year than previously expected.

25.   He acknowledged resistance not only from Germany, but from Italy and Japan, to selling the gold.

26.   He denied there were any plans to sell the gold.

27.   If there are defaults, the IMF would need to sell gold.

28.   If the market believes governments will sell that gold, the price can plummet well before any sale is even announced.

29.   In addition, the IMF would be expected to sell the gold in the most orderly fashion possible, if the plan was approved, to limit its impact.

30.   In selling short, an investor sells borrowed gold, expecting to profit by buying it back at a lower price to repay the loan.