{
  "releaseId": "metals-research-2026.08-v1",
  "datasetId": "usgs-united-states-treasury-gold-history",
  "sourceId": "usgs-mcs-2026-research-data",
  "unit": "metric tonnes of gold content",
  "coverage": {
    "startYear": 2021,
    "endYear": 2025
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "U.S. public domain",
    "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits",
    "attribution": "Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026."
  },
  "limitations": [
    "This hosted time series covers U.S. Treasury gold only; it is not a global central-bank panel.",
    "The site's cross-country official-gold ranking is a separate 29-country dataset.",
    "World Gold Council and IMF time-series tables are linked as external research tools but are not copied into this release."
  ],
  "annual": [
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "unitedStatesTreasuryGoldTonnes": 8130,
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "unitedStatesTreasuryGoldTonnes": 8130,
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "unitedStatesTreasuryGoldTonnes": 8130,
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "unitedStatesTreasuryGoldTonnes": 8130,
      "status": "reported"
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "unitedStatesTreasuryGoldTonnes": 8130,
      "status": "estimate"
    }
  ]
}