{"podcast":{"title":"Geopolitical Economy Report","slug":"geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","podcast_index_feed_id":5434689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:321045635/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-thxDIECcbNVGOXjL-MoyHWw-original.jpg","author":"Ben Norton","episode_count":500,"summary":"Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent new…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T12:20:04.660341+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689"},"episode":{"title":"Why countries are dropping the dollar - and buying gold","slug":"why-countries-are-dropping-the-dollar-and-buying-gold","published_at":"2026-06-08T13:35:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/why-countries-are-dropping-the-dollar-and-buying-gold","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","url":"https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/dollar-gold-central-bank-reserves","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2335420379-geopoliticaleconomy-dollar-gold-central-bank-reserves.mp3","summary":"Gold has officially overtaken Treasury securities (US government debt) as the top asset held by global central banks, according to a report by the European Central Bank (ECB). Ben Norton explains how dedollarization is continuing, gradually and steadily. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmyWn2lrXBM Topics 0:00 Decline of US dollar dominance 0:55 Debasement trade 1:42 Central banks buy gold 3:59 Gold overtakes US Treasuries 5:36 Top countries buying gold 7:00 West's seizure of Russian assets 8:54 Alleged unofficial gold holdings 10:16 Falling dollar share of reserves 12:14 Reasons for fall in gold price 14:58 EU hypocrisy 16:26 China keeps buying gold 18:05 China calls for multipolar system 19:13 De-dollarization is continuing 20:32 Outro","meta_description":"Gold has officially overtaken Treasury securities (US government debt) as the top asset held by global central banks, according to a report by the Europea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1256,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/why-countries-are-dropping-the-dollar-and-buying-gold/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/why-countries-are-dropping-the-dollar-and-buying-gold.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}