Ray Jia
Head of Research (Asia Pacific, ex-India) and Deputy Head of Trade Engagement (China) World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market in October: higher jewellery retail sales, seasonally lower wholesale gold demand
Gold prices saw marginal declines in October. Even though the US presidential election and a significant rebound in COVID-19 infection cases in many regions kept uncertainty elevated globally, climbing real interest rates in key markets such as the US and China weighed on local gold prices. As a result, the SHAUPM (RMB) and LBMA Gold Price AM (USD) fell by 1.8% and 0.4% respectively in the month.
John Mulligan
Head of Sustainability Strategy World Gold CouncilGold and addressing the perils of short-termism in the wake of a crisis
Do these crises prevent market participants from looking beyond the immediate market debris and gloom to identify enduring solutions and consider, in practical terms, how to build future resilience?
Mukesh Kumar
Former Senior Analyst, India World Gold CouncilIndia’s gold market in August: Indian imports hit nine-month high but retail demand remained weak
Demand for safe haven assets and strong year-to-date performance, coupled with the price correction likely seen by investors as a buying opportunity, supported gold ETF flows. On the other hand, retail gold demand weakened as consumers waited on the sidelines following a sharp correction in the domestic gold price amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Ray Jia
Head of Research (Asia Pacific, ex-India) and Deputy Head of Trade Engagement (China) World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market in August: strategic gold allocation rose, wholesale gold demand improved
Explore China's gold market in August - gold prices, China's economic signals, gold demand and more.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilJuly central bank net purchases lowest since December 2018
Our central bank gold statistics were published today, and the latest IMF data makes for a very interesting read. Available data for July highlights central bank net purchases of 8.8t – the lowest level of monthly net purchases since December 2018 (-1.5t).
Mukesh Kumar
Former Senior Analyst, India World Gold CouncilIndia’s gold market in July: Indian imports hit five-month high as market returns in premium
Mukesh Kumar provides an update on India's gold market in July. Explore Indian jewellery demand, investment demand, gold imports, the gold price, central bank gold and more.
Shaokai Fan
Head of Asia Pacific (ex China) & Global Head of Central Banks World Gold CouncilKopi Time podcast: gold supply, demand, and market structure
Shaokai Fan joined Taimur Baig, Chief Economist at DBS, on the Kopi Time podcast for a conversation on gold. Listen as they discuss gold supply, demand, market structure and industry standards.
Krishan Gopaul
Senior Analyst, EMEA World Gold CouncilAn animated look at the gold supply chain
To help people better understand how gold goes from the ground to the market, we have produced a short animation, which we have created in response to increased attention the gold supply chain has received this year.
Ray Jia
Head of Research (Asia Pacific, ex-India) and Deputy Head of Trade Engagement (China) World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market in July: demand relatively steady, yet the local gold price discount widened
Explore China's gold market in July - gold prices, trends in ETFs, China's economic revival, gold demand and more
Joseph Cavatoni
Senior Market Strategist, North America World Gold CouncilAsset TV interview: Mid-Year Outlook
Our Head of Americas, Joe Cavatoni recently joined a discussion with Alex Shahidi, Managing Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer at ARIS Consulting and Evoke Wealth and Asset TV’s Jenna Dagenhart.
Ray Jia
Head of Research (Asia Pacific, ex-India) and Deputy Head of Trade Engagement (China) World Gold CouncilChinese commercial banks’ retail gold business in 2019: investment demand up, physical gold sales down
We explore the drivers behind the changes in banks’ main retail gold businesses, with a more detailed analysis to follow in the near future.
World Gold Council
The experts on goldWebinar: Q2 and H1 Gold Demand Trends
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.
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.
