The claim: The Rothschild family owns many of the world’s central banks

A March 1 Facebook video (direct link, archived link) shows a montage of images of various banks around the world.

“Banks owned by the Rothschilds,” reads on-screen text at the beginning of the video, which shows central banks of countries including the U.S., Canada, China, England, France, Mexico and Spain.

The video was shared more than 6,000 times in less than a month.

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Our rating: False

None of the banks listed are owned by the Rothschild family. The majority of the banks listed are publicly owned. Two of the banks listed, the United States Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, are owned by its member banks and do not have private shareholders, according to the information on the organizations’ websites.

Central banks listed in video are nationalized, not privately owned

The Rothschilds are a Jewish banking family that has long been the subject of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories claiming the family has exerted influence on regional and national events since the early 19th century, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

But there is no evidence they own any of the banks listed in the video.

The video mentions 17 central banks, including the Fed, the European Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada.

Except for the Fed and the European Central Bank,...

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