Gold Coins & Bars Demand Skyrockets 24% in 2025 as Jewelry Sales Slump 3.5% – Safe Haven Frenzy?
Gold’s split personality is showing in 2025. While coins and bars fly off shelves at a blistering 24% growth rate, jewelry demand withers with a 3.5% decline. Someone’s choosing vaults over vanity.
Hard assets make a comeback
The numbers don’t lie – investors are piling into physical gold like it’s 2008 all over again. Meanwhile, luxury buyers seem to have lost their Midas touch.
Market jitters or just smarter stacking? Either way, the shiny stuff’s sending mixed signals while traditional finance keeps pretending inflation is ‘transitory’. How quaint.
Gold Coins & Bars Sales Rise 24%
Jewelry demand has weakened due to the surging prices, making it expensive for retail buyers. However, the same retail buyers have decided to invest in it instead to gain profits from further price surges. Gold coins and bars are good investments that can generate profits in the long run. Even if it doesn’t, they still have the precious metal in the lockers, which is a hedge against inflation.
said CGA’s Research Head RAY Jia. He explained that retail investors did not sit on the sidelines but used it to buy bars and coins.
he said.
Retail investors are now taking a leaf from institutional clients by investing in the glittery metal, not for consumption. Gold coins and bars will have the same value even after 10 years, with their price hitting new highs. The consumers have changed their ways and could soon reach the shores of other Asian countries.
