The Authority on Gold
Gold 2048: The next 30 years for gold
Gold 2048 brings together industry-leading experts from across the globe to analyse how the gold market is set to evolve in the next 30 years. Learn more here.
Gold Demand Trends Q1 2018
Gold demand of 973.5t was the lowest Q1 since 2008. The main cause was a fall in investment demand for gold bars and gold-backed ETFs, partly due to range-bound gold prices.
Investment Update: Using gold to hedge emerging market risk
Over the long run, economic growth is a key driver of gold demand, especially in emerging market countries where there is high affinity for gold as jewellery and investment. At the same time, gold tends to perform well in period of crisis.
Investment Update: Gold tracks the dollar as rates take a back seat
Investors often use the direction of the US dollar as a bellwether for gold’s performance. However, over recent years, short-term movements in gold have been more heavily influenced by US interest rates and expectations of policy normalisation.
Cryptocurrencies are no substitute for gold
Despite bitcoin’s parabolic price rise last year, which led to comparisons between bitcoin and gold, cryptocurrencies are a very different investment to gold.
Annual review 2017
The strong gold price performance was a positive for investors and producers, and was symptomatic of a more profound shift in sentiment: a growing recognition of gold’s role as a wealth preservation and risk mitigation tool. This goes to the heart of our strategy to make gold a mainstream asset.
Market Update: India's 2018 Budget - policy and progress
Better gold policies combined with rising incomes could bode well for India’s gold industry.
Gold reserves statistics
Gold plays an important part in central banks’ reserves management, and they are significant holders of gold. This data – compiled using IMF IFS statistics – tracks central banks’ reported purchases and sales and gold as a percentage of central banks’ foreign exchange reserves.