El Salvador's gold reserves, the BIS, and the bullion banks

``Lots of central banks engage in this activity, they just don't report it in as much detail as, for example, El Salvador or Bolivia. The Austrian federal auditors recently published a report which showed that Austria's central bank, the OeNB, was actively engaging in gold lending with multiple bullion banks, with up to 10 counter-parties in 2009. See here.''