Swiss to hold referendum on gold reserves

Published April 18, 2013 3:00pm ET



GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss Cabinet’s office says the nationalist Swiss People’s Party has gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on banning the central bank from selling any gold reserves.

The Federal Chancellery in the capital, Bern, said Thursday that the initiative known as “Save Our Swiss Gold” had gained more than the required 100,000 signatures to force a vote among Swiss citizens within the next few years.

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