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Central bank buying likely to remain key to gold’s 2025 performance
Driven by factors such as strong global gold exchange-traded fund inflows and over-the-counter (OTC) demand, gold’s record-breaking year of 2024 saw the gold price rising by more than 28% in US dollars, trading 22% higher on average last year than during 2023, the World Gold Council’s (WGC’s) ‘Gold Outlook 2025’ states. The precious metal’s performance across other currencies was equally strong, with the WGC noting that the precious metal reached 40 new record highs during the year and that total gold demand in the third quarter surpassed $100-billion for the first time. The WGC explains that the market ... (full story)