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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold reserves declined by 71 tonnes in April, primarily due to Turkish selling. Despite this, we expect central banks to remain net buyers in 2023, supported by their overall positive sentiment towards gold reserves.
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Senior Analyst, China
World Gold Council
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
According to the IMF, reported global central bank gold reserves remained virtually unchanged in March. Available data shows purchases almost perfectly offset sales, resulting in a net increase of 0.2 tonnes.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold buying momentum showed no signs of stalling in February. Reported global gold reserves rose by 52t during the month – the eleventh consecutive month of net purchases – following January's 74t. 1 This excludes updated data for Russia (more on that below), but still maintains the upward trend (based on the 12-month moving average) since June 2022.
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Senior Markets Analyst
World Gold Council
Record central bank gold buying last year shone a spotlight on the past, present and future of gold as a reserve asset. There are compelling reasons to expect continued buying from this sector
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Market Strategist, Europe and Asia
World Gold Council
A spate of bank failures in March could be the first serious cracks to appear as a result of unprecedented monetary tightening. As a crisis hedge, gold is responding as expected. Read more here…
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank gold demand in 2023 picked up from where it left off in 2022. In January, central banks collectively added a net 31t to global gold reserves (+16% m-o-m).
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
In December, central banks have reported adding a net 28t of gold to global reserves, down sharply (53%) from the previous month (60t).
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Senior Analyst, China
World Gold Council
Intensifying expectations of a less-hawkish US Fed bode well for international gold prices during the last month of 2022. While the SHAUPM in RMB rose 1% in December, the LBMA Gold Price AM in USD capped a 3% gain.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central banks bought a further 50 tonnes (t) on a net basis during the month, a 47% increase from October's (revised) 34t.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central banks continue to accumulate gold according to the latest data available. In October – data is lagged by two months – central banks added a further net 31t of gold to international reserves (-41% m-o-m).
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Senior Analyst, India
World Gold Council
The domestic gold price diverged from the international gold price: the MCX Gold Spot price rose marginally by 0.2% compared to a 2% decline in the LBMA Gold Price AM in USD
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Senior Analyst, China
World Gold Council
Gold’s price divergence continued: the Shanghai Gold Price Benchmark PM (SHAUPM) in RMB rose by 1%, while the LBMA Gold Price AM in USD saw a 2% fall in October.
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Asset Allocation Strategist
World Gold Council
UK financial markets have gone into full-blown crisis in the last few weeks. The government’s ‘mini-budget’ announcement on the 23rd September was poorly received by global investors, leading to a sharp spike in UK government bond volatility.
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Deputy Chairman
National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Gold plays an important role in the management of reserve assets, being one of the few assets that are widely approved under the investment guidelines used by the world's central banks.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank net purchases of gold slowed to 20t in August, halving m-o-m. This is the fifth consecutive month of net purchases from the central banking sector.
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Global Head of Research
World Gold Council
Many of the investors we talk to feel that gold’s performance should be much stronger considering multi-decade high inflation across the world
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Central bank demand remained robust in July. Global gold reserves increased by 37t (net), below June’s 64t increase. Added to the 270 of net purchases over H1, this pushes YTD central bank demand towards the 300t mark.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
Last week we published our updated central bank gold statistics to include data reported for June. This new information shows that central banks added a net 59t to global gold reserves during the month.
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Senior Analyst, EMEA
World Gold Council
The latest update to our central bank holdings data set – capturing data to end-May – is now available. It shows that in May, central banks reported adding a net 35t to global gold reserves.
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