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Krishan Gopaul

Senior Analyst, EMEA

World Gold Council

Central banks return to net sales in November

Following net purchases in October, central banks returned to net selling in November. Global official reserves decline by 6.5t during the month. Like August and September, when central banks were also net sellers, this was the result of continued moderate buying being offset by a few sizeable sales.

Posted 2 years 10 months ago

Mukesh Kumar

Senior Analyst, India

World Gold Council

India’s gold market in November: Indian retail demand continued to improve with Dhanteras and wedding sales

Explore India's gold market in November - gold prices, economic recovery, India's retail gold market and more...

Posted 2 years 10 months ago

Ray Jia

Senior Analyst, China

World Gold Council

China’s gold market in November: wholesale gold demand improves as the peak season for gold retail sales approaches

Explore China's gold market in November - gold prices, China's economic signals, gold demand and more

Posted 2 years 10 months ago

Krishan Gopaul

Senior Analyst, EMEA

World Gold Council

Central banks resume gold buying in October

Following two consecutive months of net sales, central banks resumed buying in October: global official gold reserves rose by 22.8t on a net basis.

Posted 2 years 11 months ago

Mukesh Kumar

Senior Analyst, India

World Gold Council

India’s gold market in October: Indian retail demand improved but still lower y-o-y

Explore India's gold market in September - gold prices, economic recovery, India's retail gold market and more...

Posted 2 years 11 months ago

Ray Jia

Senior Analyst, China

World Gold Council

China’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.

Posted 2 years 11 months ago

World Gold Council

The experts on gold

Webinar: Q3 Gold Demand Trends and 2020 Outlook

On Friday 30th October, our sales and research teams hosted a webinar for professional investors, where they dived into the key findings from our industry-leading Q3 2020 Gold Demand Trends report.

Posted 3 years ago

Andrew Naylor

Head of ASEAN and Public Policy

World Gold Council

Highlights from Gold Demand Trends Q3 2020 on Bloomberg TV

This video explores key findings from our new Gold Demand Trends report.

Posted 3 years ago

John Mulligan

Climate Change Lead and Market Relations

World Gold Council

Gold 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?

Posted 3 years ago

Krishan Gopaul

Senior Analyst, EMEA

World Gold Council

Podcast: Analysing the Gold Demand Trends report on Dig Deep

Listen to this episode of 'Dig Deep - The Mining Podcast' for an in-depth chat on our Gold Demand Trends quarterly report.

Posted 3 years ago

Adam Perlaky

Senior Analyst, Americas

World Gold Council

Gold ETF investment demand continued in Q3

Today, we released the September and Q3 2020 gold ETF flows report as gold ETFs surpass 1,000 tonnes of new demand in 2020.

Posted 3 years 1 month ago

Mukesh Kumar

Senior Analyst, India

World Gold Council

India’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.

Posted 3 years 1 month ago

Ray Jia

Senior Analyst, China

World Gold Council

China’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.

Posted 3 years 1 month ago

Krishan Gopaul

Senior Analyst, EMEA

World Gold Council

July 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).

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Mukesh Kumar

Senior Analyst, India

World Gold Council

India’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.

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Shaokai Fan

Head of Central Banks

World Gold Council

Kopi 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.

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Krishan Gopaul

Senior Analyst, EMEA

World Gold Council

An 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.

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Ray Jia

Senior Analyst, China

World Gold Council

China’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

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Joseph Cavatoni

Market Strategist, North America

World Gold Council

Asset 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.

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

Ray Jia

Senior Analyst, China

World Gold Council

Chinese 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.

Posted 3 years 2 months ago

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