[world Gold Council: global Central Bank Gold reserves unchanged from last month] May 12, the World Gold Council released news on May 12, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) data, as of the end of March 2023, the world's official gold reserves totaled 35682.2 tons. Of this total, the eurozone, including the European Central Bank, totaled 10773.2 tons, accounting for 55.7 per cent of its total foreign exchange reserves. It also means that global central bank gold reserves remained virtually unchanged in March from the previous month. According to the World Gold Council, available data show that global central bank purchases are almost entirely offset by sales, with a net increase of 0.2 tons in global gold reserves. From the perspective of the increase in holdings, the data show that the people's Bank of China bought 18 tons of gold in March, the fifth consecutive month of gold reserves.