the article mentions the imf selling $6 billion worth of gold. if they sell 400 tons, that would be more like $12 billion at today's gold price, but either way it doesn't matter. china or russia would be happy to write a check for that amount to start diversifying out of us dollars. for that matter, japan or the arab countries could do the same. the only thing the imf gold sale would accomplish is a transfer of wealth from west to east.