Unearthed Podcast
World Gold CouncilUnearthed: EU Economic Outlooks & Potential Renaissance, ft. Reinhard Cluse, UBS

In this episode of Unearthed, hosts John Reade and Joseph Cavatoni are joined by Reinhard Cluse, Chief European Economist at UBS, to explore the shifting dynamics of Europe's economy and the potential outlook for the months and years ahead. Reinhard discusses the structural challenges Europe has faced over the past decade and how these will influence the upcoming year.
Weekly Markets Monitor
Weekly Markets Monitor: Risks up again
Trade tensions flared up again last week amid a mixed global economic backdrop, with activities in the US, China, and India showing signs of strength, while Europe and Japan lagged. China cut rates while the US House passed a bill to extend tax cuts and spend more.
Ray Jia
Research Head, China World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market update: Investment boom continues in March
Another exceptional month for the gold price and trade tensions with the US led to continued boom in retail investment. Meanwhile, China’s official gold holdings rose five months in a row. And wholesale demand also picked up seasonally, resulting in an improving local gold premium.
Weekly Markets Monitor
Weekly Markets Monitor: Tariffs Spare no Land
Ray Jia
Research Head, China World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market update: Investment robust in February
China’s official gold holdings rose four months in a row, adding another 5t in February. And Chinese gold investors bought gold ETFs at a record pace in the month, pushing both AUM and holdings to unseen levels. However, gold jewellery demand weakness, amid seasonality and the rising gold price, weighed on total wholesale gold demand in the month.
Louise Street
Senior Markets Analyst World Gold CouncilTrevor Keel
Consultant World Gold CouncilYou asked, we answered: How important is AI for gold demand?

With gold being a vital component of many of today's electronic devices, we look at the growth of Artificial Intelligence as an important emerging area of demand.
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World Gold CouncilUnearthed: Refining, Minting and More ft. Lorne Whitmore, Royal Canadian Mint

In this episode, hosts John Reade and Joe Cavatoni from the World Gold Council interview Lorne Whitmore, Managing Director Sales, Precious Metal Products and Services, Royal Canadian Mint, to discuss the comprehensive products and services that the Royal Canadian Mint provides across mining and refining, minting and vaulting.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilCentral bank gold buying picks up in April
The rapid rise in the gold price during March raised several questions. One of these was whether central banks – whose demand has been posited as a key reason for the recent rally – would change their gold buying behaviour in response.
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World Gold CouncilUnearthed: Gold outlook for 2024 and beyond featuring Randy Smallwood, President & CEO Wheaton Precious Metals

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World Gold CouncilUnearthed: Hard, soft or no landing ft. Karim Chedid, BlackRock

In this insightful episode hosted by John Reade and Joseph Cavatoni from the World Gold Council, guest Karim Chedid, Head of EMEA Investment Strategy for iShares and a Managing Director at BlackRock, discusses the current macroeconomic environment.
Claire Lincoln
Global Head of Institutional Investor Relationships World Gold CouncilGeopolitics, macro-economics and asset allocation in 2024
Last week, we held an investor webinar with a focus on geopolitics, macro-economics and asset allocation in 2024. Joe Cavatoni, our Market Strategist for the Americas was joined for an insightful dialogue with two seasoned investment experts.