A member of Deutsche Bundesbank’s staff points at a gold bar during a news conference in Frankfurt yesterday as the German Central Bank revealed plans to bring home some of its gold reserves stored in the United States’ and French central banks, bowing to government pressure to unwind a Cold War-era ploy that secured the national treasure.

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