After hitting multiple record highs this year and notching its best yearly performance in a decade gold is set for slo💜wer growth next year, according to the World Gold Council.

Gold prices jumped 28% in the year through November in U.S. dollars, as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:central bank and investor buying offset slowing growth in consumer demand, especially from China, the council said in its 2025 outlook released Thursday.

“The market consensus of key macro variables such as GDP, yields and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:inflation—if taken at face value—suggests a positive but much more modest growth fꦇor gold in 2025,” the council said.

Gold could gain even more, the council said, if 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:central banks ramp up their acquisitions; or “a rapid deterioration of financial conditions” lead investors to seek out 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:safe-haven assets.  Chinese consumers, who have stayed on the sidelines of ඣgold-buying this year as their economy slowed, also could change the balance if they come back in, the council said.

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On the flip side, a reversal by the U.S. Federal Reserve of its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:interest-rate cutting cycle will hurt investors' demand for gold. When rates rise, the yields on lower-risk investments like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Treasury bonds can look more favorable when compared wi🌞th gold.

"Overall, a more dovish Fed will be beneficial for gold, but a prolonged pause or policy reversal would likely put further pressure on investment demand,” the council said. 

Along with India, China is gold’s largest market, and Asia makes up more than 60% of annuꦺal demand, if central bank buying is stripped out.&nbℱsp;

Total gold demand in the third quarter exceeded $100 billion for the first time. Few assets have beaten gold in performance this year, apart from bitcoin (BTCUSD), which has surged on Donald Trump's election victory.