New Delhi, June 17 -- More than nine in ten (95 per cent) reserve managers indicated that they expect central banks to continue increasing their gold holdings in the next 12 months, according to new 2025 data released by the World Gold Council on Tuesday. This report comes on the backdrop of geopolitical and economic uncertainty.

This is a record high since it was first tracked in the 2019 survey and represents a 17 per cent increase from the 2024 findings.

The 2025 Central Banks Gold Reserves (CBGR) survey, which collected data from a record 73 of the world's central banks, also finds that nearly 43 per cent of central banks plan to add to their own gold reserves within the next year.

Reserve managers' favourable view of gold persists...