Record 45% of Central Banks Plan to Buy Gold. Warsh Just Made It $183 Cheaper.
Record 45% of central banks plan to buy gold. Warsh's hawkish FOMC then dropped gold to $4,161. Both developments signal the same thing for DCA investors.
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Record 45% of central banks plan to buy gold. Warsh's hawkish FOMC then dropped gold to $4,161. Both developments signal the same thing for DCA investors.
The ECB just confirmed gold now accounts for 27% of global central bank reserves — officially overtaking US Treasuries. The same week, May CPI printed 4.2% and pushed gold to a $4,172 floor before a geopolitical reversal sent it back to $4,343. Here is why both developments are actually pointing the same direction.
Goldman Sachs raised its year-end gold target from $4,300 to $4,900 on Thursday. By Monday, gold was at $4,302 — its lowest level in two months. The divergence between what institutions expect and what spot price is doing right now is telling you something important.
Three Asian governments tried to control gold this week. Malaysia imposed a 10% duty. India's local market swung to a $106/oz discount. China's Hong Kong imports surged 81%. Gold always finds a way — and Asia is proving it in real time.
Gold is rallying this morning on reports the US and Iran are nearing a Hormuz deal — not because things are bad, but because peace could cool inflation and revive rate cuts. Silver had its most volatile week of 2026. Here is the setup.