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Record gold price ends 2025 up 65%
[Gold Newsletter #296] Gold Price: $4,378.01 News: Gold outlook 2026, BRICS nations control 50% of the global gold reserves, pan-African gold bank. Gold price forecasts: $4,900 to $6,000.
A summary of the most important gold news and analysis of the last week.
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Gold price
Gold price: $4,378.01 $XAUUSD ( 0.0% ) [View live gold price.]
Change from last week: -$139.97 (-3.10%)
Gold news
This week’s summary of gold news and analysis.
• Record gold price ends 2025 up 65%, silver jumps 144% [BullionVault]
"Gold and silver prices steadied from this festive season's sharp volatility as London trading ended for 2025 on Wednesday, with the two 'hard money' metals ending this year's surge of new record highs with the sharpest annual gains in more than 4.5 decades."
"Gold enters 2026 with historic strength, underinvestment from institutions, and powerful macro tailwinds."
• BRICS nations control 50% of the global gold reserves. What does it mean for the US Dollar? [Mint]
• Central banks enter the gold trade to choke off smuggling (archive) [Financial Times]
"More countries are buying directly from artisanal miners as trafficking robs them of tax revenues and foreign exchange."
• ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: how the ancients invested in precious metals [The Conversation]
🔮 Gold price forecasts
• UBS sees $5,000 gold by Q3 2026, with potential for $5,400 if U.S. political and economic risks rise [Kitco]
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🌐 World gold news
Gold news from a global perspective.
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇳 China
🇪🇬 Egypt
• CBE, Afreximbank sign MoU to launch pan-African Gold Bank programme in Egypt [Daily News Egypt]
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
• Ethiopia moves to become Africa’s next gold powerhouse with $340m mine [Business Insider Africa]
🇮🇳 India
• $5 trillion in gold? At record high prices, India's household gold could now be bigger than GDP [The Economic Times]
🇮🇩 Indonesia
• After palm oil and nickel, Indonesia discovers a new pillar in gold [Jakarta Globe]
🇸🇩 Sudan
• Conflict-hit Sudan surpasses 2025 gold target by 13%, earns $1.8bn in government revenue [Business Insider Africa]
"Sudan has produced 70 metric tons of gold in 2025, exceeding its national target by 13% despite ongoing conflict."
• Central bank builds foreign exchange and gold reserves [Sudan Tribune]
🇹🇭 Thailand
• Thailand’s Jan–Nov gold exports top 391bn baht, Commerce Ministry says [Nation Thailand]
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
🇻🇳 Vietnam
• State bank receives nine applications for gold bar production licences [Viet Nam News]
• Why Hanoi housing on Ha Trung 'gold street' is rarely up for sale or rent [VietNamNet Global]
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• Gold-backed stablecoins reach $4 billion, dominated by two tokens [The Currency Analytics]
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