Bloomberg reported on September 22, 2026, that China’s gold bullion imports surpassed 1,000 tonnes through August 2026. This figure comes from China’s General Administration of Customs and is part of a series of monthly customs records that have been published since 2017. The pace of imports already exceeds all gold imported by China during 2025 … Read more

There was no Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, yet gold prices fell. Two Federal Reserve presidents used a Monday afternoon to make clear how much further they think interest rates may need to rise, and the market responded. As of September 22, gold trades near $4,335 an ounce, down about 0.2% from the … Read more

Last verified September 2026. A one-gram gold bar has a melt value roughly equal to the spot price of gold divided by 31.1035 grams per troy ounce. At today’s prices that puts one gram of gold in a very affordable range for many buyers. That accessibility is precisely why gram bars are produced: they let … Read more

Silver is trading around $67.25 per ounce, while UBS’s year-end projection is $70. That difference of roughly 4% is the main development this week. It highlights an important point UBS’s headlines have not emphasized: the market’s move is already underway. UBS is updating a forecast that appears to be catching up with price action, rather … Read more

Something doesn’t add up in the gold market right now. Real interest rates—the force that should make gold expensive to hold—are near multi-year highs. By textbook logic, gold should be under pressure. Instead, it trades close to record levels. The explanation traces back to a key concept every long-term investor should understand: negative real interest … Read more

The least expensive way to buy physical gold is the format that delivers the most metal per dollar spent. That depends on the premium charged above the spot price, not the headline gold quote itself. Direct answer: Larger formats are the most cost-effective. On September 21, 2026, GoldSilver surveyed 110 in-stock gold listings across major … Read more

Wall Street’s long-standing rule holds that rising real interest rates tend to push gold lower. Yet Bernstein recently trimmed its long-term gold forecast and simultaneously argued that higher real rates won’t derail the metal’s advance — a change that suggests the traditional rule may be losing explanatory power. Bernstein lowered its 2030 gold price target … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,338 an ounce today, down roughly 0.9% following last week’s Federal Reserve rate increase. Conventional wisdom suggests higher rates should weigh on a non-yielding asset like gold. Yet over the past three trading days, five independent institutions reached similar conclusions about the metal’s outlook from very different analytical angles: a long-term … Read more

Key takeaways: Oil prices fell for a fourth consecutive session after a comment from former President Trump that he would “probably” meet Iran’s president at the UN. That remark reduced the market’s war-risk premium. A larger event is scheduled for Wednesday: Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for the first Chinese state visit to the U.S. … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,367, up roughly 2.4% on the day, while silver sits near $65.74, up about 4.4%. Both metals continued the rebound that began after Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision. Beyond today’s price action, five recent developments matter more for investors and market watchers: a surprisingly resilient US jobless claims report that did not … Read more