Our research team discuss and explain the key findings from our industry-leading Q2 and H1 2020 Gold Demand Trends report. We explore gold demand in the jewellery and investment sectors, in technological applications, and across central banks and official institutions, as well as insights into gold supply.
Mukesh Kumar
Senior Analyst, India World Gold CouncilIndia’s gold market in June: Jewellery demand improved further, continued inflows into Indian gold ETFs
Jewellery demand improved further in the month but failed to recover completely due to recurring lockdowns, lower number of weddings and lack of auspicious days in the month. Bullish gold price momentum and safe-haven demand lured investors towards gold ETFs. Total holdings for Indian gold ETFs reached to 24t in June.
Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos
Director Central Banks & Public Policy World Gold CouncilBringing transparency to sovereign wealth fund gold holdings
Despite a general belief that Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) do not invest in gold, our engagement with these institutions in recent years has increasingly shown that many SWFs do incorporate gold in their portfolios for diversification, capital preservation, and other factors.
Trevor Keel
Consultant World Gold CouncilGold-based COVID-19 testing – an update
The need for accurate, rapid and cost-effective gold-based testing tools is more acute now than has been at any other point throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as some countries begin to emerge from lockdown.
Joseph Cavatoni
Market Strategist, North America World Gold CouncilWebinar: Joe Cavatoni joins an expert panel to discuss Real Assets
Our Head of Americas and Global ETFs, Joe Cavatoni, joined an expert panel this week for a NYSE webinar ‘Investing in Real Assets: 2020 Mid-Year Market Outlook’
World Gold Council
The experts on goldPodcast: Central bank gold reserves before and after the Covid-19 shock
Our Director of Central Banks and Public Policy, Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos, joins Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss central bank gold reserves management amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ray Jia
Research Head, China World Gold CouncilWhat does China’s economic revival mean for gold?
Gold demand in China, in particular, investment demand, has benefited from rising concerns for the economy as well as the lowered opportunity cost amid the COVID-19 outbreak and the central bank’s response to it. But with signs of a potential economic recovery emerging, can we expect gold’s attractiveness as a safe haven in China to fade? We believe that the answer is ‘No’.