Editing Central bank (section)

==Statistics==
Collectively, central banks purchase less than 500 tonnes of [[Gold bullion|gold]] each year, on average (out of an annual global production of 2,500–3,000 tonnes).<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/gold-reserves_swiss-love-affair-with-gold-could-heat-up-again/41101844| title=Swiss love affair with gold could heat up again| date=7 November 2014| access-date=31 July 2018| archive-date=5 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105055054/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/gold-reserves_swiss-love-affair-with-gold-could-heat-up-again/41101844| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, central banks collectively hold over 33,000 metric tons of the gold, about a fifth of all the gold ever mined, according to Bloomberg News.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-29/why-central-bank-buying-has-the-gold-market-guessing-quicktake|title=Why Central Bank Buying Has the Gold Market Guessing|date=29 October 2018|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306060032/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-29/why-central-bank-buying-has-the-gold-market-guessing-quicktake|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, 75% of the world's central-bank assets were controlled by four centers in [[China]], the United States, Japan and the [[eurozone]]. The central banks of [[Brazil]], [[Switzerland]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Kingdom|U.K]]., [[India]] and [[Russia]], each account for an average of 2.5 percent. The remaining 107 central banks hold less than 13 percent. According to data compiled by [[Bloomberg News]], the top 10 largest central banks owned $21.4&nbsp;trillion in assets, a 10 percent increase from 2015.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-16/big-central-bank-assets-jump-fastest-in-5-years-to-21-trillion Big Central Bank Assets Jump Fastest in 5 Years to $21 Trillion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227205822/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-16/big-central-bank-assets-jump-fastest-in-5-years-to-21-trillion |date=27 February 2017 }} Bloomberg News, 16 October 2016</ref>
Following is a ranking of the 5 biggest:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | Rank
! Bank name
! Headquarters
! Total assets([[US$]] billion)
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|US}} [[Federal Reserve System]]
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
| 8,349.17<ref>{{cite web | url=https://infocopse.com/top-10-central-banks-in-the-world/ | title=List of Top 10 Central Banks in the World in 2025 | date=5 September 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Bank of Japan]]
| [[Tokyo]]
| 6,621.18<ref>{{cite web | url=https://infocopse.com/top-10-central-banks-in-the-world/ | title=List of Top 10 Central Banks in the World in 2025 | date=5 September 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 3
| {{Flagicon|EU}} [[European Central Bank]] 
| [[Frankfurt am Main]]
| 6,590.00<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infina.at/trends/ezb-bilanzsumme/ | title=EZB-Bilanzsumme: Entwicklung und Prognose &#124; INFINA }}</ref>
|-
| 4
| {{Flagicon|China}} [[People's Bank of China]]
| [[Beijing]]
| 3,450.00<ref>{{Cite web |title=Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) - China {{!}} Data |author= |work=data.worldbank.org |date= |access-date=7 August 2023 |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FI.RES.TOTL.CD?locations=CN |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217211433/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FI.RES.TOTL.CD?locations=CN |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Deutsche Bundesbank]]
| [[Frankfurt am Main]]
| 3,159.87<ref>{{cite web | url=https://infocopse.com/top-10-central-banks-in-the-world/ | title=List of Top 10 Central Banks in the World in 2025 | date=5 September 2021 }}</ref>
|}