Gold

Traditional inflation hedge and safe-haven asset; rises when real rates fall or uncertainty spikes.

Key Insight

Gold is trading near $3,350/oz, up roughly 65% over 30 months and making all-time highs in every major currency — a move that has decisively broken from its traditional inverse relationship with real yields and deserves to be read as something other than a standard inflation hedge.

Generated by Claude on Apr 22, 2026
Exclude COVID

$4.6k

Trend YoY growth is +34.9%, accelerating by 4.4 pp/year over the last 9Y. Latest: +33.9%, 1.1 pp below trend, a 0.07σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is depressed by 12.1 pp due to an tough comparison base from May 5.

Level

YoY %

y = −4.6% + 4.4 pp/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage (USD/oz)

Projected value (USD/oz)

Forecast made inOct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27Jun '27MAPE
Oct '25$4.0k$3.9k$3.9k$4.2k$4.3k$4.7k$5.0k$5.1k$5.1k$5.2k$5.5k$6.1k$6.4k$6.8k$7.1k$7.8k$8.7k$7.8k$7.8k$7.8k$8.8k28%
Nov '25$4.2k$4.0k$4.3k$4.5k$5.0k$5.3k$5.4k$5.5k$5.6k$6.0k$6.7k$7.0k$7.5k$7.8k$8.7k$9.7k$8.8k$8.8k$8.8k$10.7k37%
Dec '25$4.3k$4.6k$4.8k$5.4k$5.9k$6.0k$6.2k$6.4k$6.9k$7.8k$8.3k$9.0k$9.5k$10.5k$12.0k$10.9k$11.0k$11.1k$15.4k60%
Jan '26$4.7k$5.0k$5.7k$6.2k$6.4k$6.7k$6.9k$7.5k$8.6k$9.2k$10.0k$10.6k$11.9k$13.5k$12.3k$12.6k$12.8k$19.1k90%
Feb '26$5.2k$5.6k$6.1k$6.3k$6.6k$6.8k$7.4k$8.4k$9.0k$9.8k$10.3k$11.6k$13.2k$12.0k$12.2k$12.4k$18.2k110%
Mar '26$4.6k$5.7k$5.8k$5.9k$6.1k$6.5k$7.3k$7.8k$8.4k$8.7k$9.7k$10.9k$9.9k$10.0k$10.0k$13.3k97%
Apr '26$4.6k$5.2k$5.2k$5.2k$5.4k$5.9k$6.1k$6.4k$6.6k$7.1k$7.8k$6.9k$6.8k$6.7k$7.5k73%
May '26$4.6k$5.1k$5.0k$5.2k$5.7k$5.8k$6.1k$6.1k$6.6k$7.2k$6.3k$6.2k$6.0k$6.6k
Jun '26$5.1k$5.0k$5.2k$5.7k$5.8k$6.1k$6.1k$6.6k$7.2k$6.3k$6.2k$6.0k$6.6k

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inOct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27Jun '27MAPE
Oct '25+45.4%+46.1%+47.4%+48.8%+50.1%+51.3%+52.7%+54.0%+55.3%+56.6%+58.0%+59.3%+60.6%+61.9%+63.2%+64.6%+65.9%+67.1%+68.5%+69.8%+71.1%28%
Nov '25+58.8%+51.9%+54.4%+56.9%+59.1%+61.6%+64.0%+66.5%+68.9%+71.4%+73.9%+76.3%+78.8%+81.2%+83.7%+86.2%+88.4%+90.9%+93.3%+95.8%37%
Dec '25+62.7%+63.2%+68.3%+73.0%+78.1%+83.1%+88.2%+93.2%+98.4%+103.5%+108.5%+113.6%+118.6%+123.8%+128.9%+133.6%+138.7%+143.7%+148.8%60%
Jan '26+67.6%+74.9%+81.3%+88.4%+95.4%+102.5%+109.4%+116.6%+123.7%+130.6%+137.8%+144.7%+151.8%+159.0%+165.4%+172.5%+179.5%+186.6%90%
Feb '26+84.4%+79.1%+85.8%+92.3%+99.1%+105.6%+112.3%+119.0%+125.5%+132.2%+138.7%+145.4%+152.1%+158.2%+164.9%+171.4%+178.1%110%
Mar '26+49.0%+73.2%+76.7%+80.4%+83.9%+87.5%+91.2%+94.7%+98.3%+101.9%+105.5%+109.1%+112.4%+116.1%+119.6%+123.2%97%
Apr '26+43.8%+58.7%+57.6%+56.6%+55.6%+54.5%+53.5%+52.4%+51.4%+50.4%+49.3%+48.4%+47.3%+46.3%+45.3%73%
May '26+33.9%+54.0%+52.0%+50.0%+48.0%+46.1%+44.1%+42.2%+40.2%+38.2%+36.4%+34.4%+32.4%+30.4%
Jun '26+54.0%+52.0%+50.0%+48.0%+46.1%+44.1%+42.2%+40.2%+38.2%+36.4%+34.4%+32.4%+30.4%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 6M window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.