WGC Released Mid-Year 2025 Gold Outlook
Gold closed out the first half of the year as one of the top-performing major asset classes.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): According to the World Gold Council's (WGC) Mid-Year Outlook 2025 Report, gold prices have stabilized following an impressive first half of the year. The U.S. dollar had its worst start to the year since 1973 at the same time.
The research claims that gold has maintained its record-breaking pace, attaining double-digit returns across currencies and increasing 26% in US dollars during the first half of 2025. According to the WGC report, this was mostly due to the increased demand for investments, which was brought on by a weaker US currency, rangebound rates, and a very uncertain geoeconomic environment.
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One of the best-performing main asset classes at the end of the first half of the year was gold. In H1 2025, it set 26 new all-time highs (ATHs). But in Q2, the pace slowed, as evidenced by a slowing in gold ETF inflows.
With investors on edge due to geoeconomic uncertainty, the second half of the year is a seesaw. Although inflation statistics has improved, there are still worries that things could go worse very soon. Pressures associated with the dollar are probably going to continue, and investor conversations might be dominated by queries about the end of US exceptionalism. All things considered, these circumstances make gold a net beneficiary. It should be mentioned, though, that some of these processes have already been reflected in gold prices.