Many of these banks, such as those in France, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal, decided later in 1999 to follow Britain and sell off their reserves.

• 1999年晚些时候，许多欧洲国家的央行（例如法国、西班牙、荷兰和葡萄牙）决定仿效英国的做法，出售其部分黄金储备。