HC Deb 25 July 1923 vol 167 c467
108. Mr. WISE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the percentage of the gold of the world held toy the United States of America?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

From the available statistics (which cannot be re garded as anything more than approximate) it appears that about 45 per cent. of the world's monetary stock of gold is held in the United States.