For the federal government to use the SPR and its gold reserves for arbitrage would at least be a strategy.

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It also creates the potential for the Fed to (mistakenly) provide opportunities for arbitrage between the official gold price and the interest rates set by the central bank.

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Because oil always returns to its average value of 0.0735 ounces of gold per barrel, there is an opportunity for arbitrage.

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