https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news Original gold-market reporting from GGP's desks: prices, flows, regions and miners. en https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/india-monsoon-diwali-gold-demand-2026 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/india-monsoon-diwali-gold-demand-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:24:15 GMT Rural buyers drive over half of India's gold demand, and this year's monsoon ran 15% below average. Jewellers are split on whether Diwali volumes will fall. Asia-Pacific https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-dollar-divergence-central-bank-floor-october-2026 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-dollar-divergence-central-bank-floor-october-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:01:46 GMT At 5.22% yields and a rising dollar, gold would normally be crumbling. Central-bank buying is rewriting the playbook. Markets https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-canada-gold-buyers-price-october-2026 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-canada-gold-buyers-price-october-2026 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:17:33 GMT Week to Friday 9 October: what an Eagle, a Maple Leaf and a 10 oz bar cost in both dollars, and where dealers set their premiums. North America https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/hedge-funds-cut-gold-longs-as-etfs-buy https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/hedge-funds-cut-gold-longs-as-etfs-buy Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:10:18 GMT The fast money has now trimmed its COMEX bet for six weeks running, from about 450 tonnes to about 345. Gold Futures https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/fed-hike-dubai-gold-buyers-dollar-peg https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/fed-hike-dubai-gold-buyers-dollar-peg Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:37:38 GMT Cheaper grams and dearer loans: how September's US rate rise reached the Gold Souk, in dirhams, and why jewellers say festive buyers are coming back early. Middle East & Africa https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/colombia-three-quarters-river-gold-illegal https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/colombia-three-quarters-river-gold-illegal Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:29:54 GMT Three departments hold most of the illicit river workings, armed groups sit in almost every mining town, and record prices keep the dredges coming. Latin America https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/brazil-gold-share-of-reserves-doubles https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/brazil-gold-share-of-reserves-doubles Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:17:30 GMT The central bank says rising economic and geopolitical risk pushed it into gold, the euro and the renminbi, and away from the dollar. Latin America https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-tests-top-of-october-range-4200 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-tests-top-of-october-range-4200 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:59:51 GMT Friday's rebound has taken gold back to the ceiling of a $155 band it has traded in since the start of the month. Technical Analysis https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/waller-more-hikes-not-back-to-back-gold https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/waller-more-hikes-not-back-to-back-gold Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:54:56 GMT One of the Fed's most closely watched governors has handed markets a likely October pause, and gold has taken the breathing room. Macro & Policy https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/euro-gold-3720-ecb-hike-29-october https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/euro-gold-3720-ecb-hike-29-october Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:50:44 GMT Euro-area inflation at 3.2% has markets weighing an ECB move on 29 October, the day after the Fed. Europe https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/sawiris-akh-gold-bids-five-egypt-gold-blocks https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/sawiris-akh-gold-bids-five-egypt-gold-blocks Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:35:27 GMT If the bids succeed, the billionaire's gold venture would more than double its Eastern Desert footprint, with its lead project awaiting a scoping study this month. Gold Companies https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-climbs-as-trump-rules-out-iran-strikes https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-climbs-as-trump-rules-out-iran-strikes Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:24:12 GMT A softer dollar and a pause in the bond sell-off gave bullion its best day in more than a week, though oil above $100 keeps the Fed on alert. Markets https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-etfs-record-31bn-q3-as-prices-fell https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-etfs-record-31bn-q3-as-prices-fell Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:57:57 GMT Fund investors bought 67 tonnes in September while hedge funds sold, splitting the market in two. Flows & Data https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/australia-largest-goldminer-rejects-takeover-offer https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/australia-largest-goldminer-rejects-takeover-offer Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:45:16 GMT Australia's biggest gold miner turned down a mostly share-based approach worth about $27bn, and the falling gold price has not helped the bidder. Gold Companies https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/china-central-bank-gold-buying-golden-week https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/china-central-bank-gold-buying-golden-week Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:32:56 GMT Official buying has run for nearly two years, while shoppers have turned from jewellery toward investment gold. Asia-Pacific https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-slips-fed-minutes-keep-hikes-in-play https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-slips-fed-minutes-keep-hikes-in-play Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:07:07 GMT A near $100 intraday swing ended with spot gold 1.5% lower after the Fed's September minutes left another rate rise on the table. Markets https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-payrolls-2026-10 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-payrolls-2026-10 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:06:35 GMT US employers added 29,000 jobs in September against 89,000 expected. Gold rose about 1% as traders cut bets on another Fed hike, but high yields capped gains. Markets https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/fed-rate-decisions-and-the-gold-price https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/fed-rate-decisions-and-the-gold-price Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gold pays no interest of its own. Every Fed move changes what it's competing against, which is the entire reason a rate decision moves the price at all. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/why-gold-and-the-us-dollar-move-in-opposite-directions https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/why-gold-and-the-us-dollar-move-in-opposite-directions Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gold is quoted in dollars everywhere on earth. That single fact explains most of the inverse relationship, and also why it occasionally breaks down. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/does-gold-really-protect-against-inflation https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/does-gold-really-protect-against-inflation Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Over twenty years, roughly yes. Over any single year you actually live through, the two series barely rhyme. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/how-geopolitical-risk-moves-the-gold-price https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/how-geopolitical-risk-moves-the-gold-price Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The pattern is almost always the same shape: a sharp spike on the shock, then a partial fade — unless the tension that caused it never actually resolves. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/central-bank-gold-demand-report-2026 https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/central-bank-gold-demand-report-2026 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Net buying has stayed positive for fourteen straight quarters. The pace, not the direction, is what's actually shifted. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/sovereign-gold-bonds-closed-to-new-issues https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/sovereign-gold-bonds-closed-to-new-issues Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT India stopped issuing new SGB tranches in February 2024. Here is what that means for the bonds already out there. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-etf-inflows-signal-shifting-investor-sentiment https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/gold-etf-inflows-signal-shifting-investor-sentiment Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Unlike central-bank buying, ETF flows are a near-real-time read on how mainstream investors feel about gold right now. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-jobs-report-gold-price-reaction https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/us-jobs-report-gold-price-reaction Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The first Friday of the month routinely produces some of gold's sharpest single-day moves — because payrolls are the input everyone uses to guess the Fed's next move. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/real-yields-vs-gold-price-relationship https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/real-yields-vs-gold-price-relationship Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Not the Fed's headline rate, not the CPI print on its own — the tightest relationship in gold markets is with the real interest rate, and it's not close. https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/welcome-to-global-gold-prices https://www.globalgoldprices.com/news/welcome-to-global-gold-prices Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What this site is, what it isn't, and where the numbers come from.