Central banks strengthen their role in gold demand
Official-sector buying remained an important source of support for the gold market in the third quarter.
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Gold ETF inflows return as retail demand softens
Institutional and retail gold demand followed different paths in the third quarter.
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World Bank sees commodity prices rising amid global shocks
The October outlook points to a broad increase in commodity costs during 2026.
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Infrastructure investment supports the industrial-metals outlook
Renewable energy, electric vehicles, and data centers remain important sources of metals demand.
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Critical-mineral supply concentration raises resilience questions
The IEA identifies concentrated refining capacity as a continuing vulnerability in mineral supply chains.
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Critical-mineral investment declines as uncertainty weighs
Investment conditions remain challenging even as minerals play a larger role in modern industry.
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WTO raises goods-trade forecast as supply chains adapt
Trade resilience and AI-related investment support a stronger merchandise outlook, with uneven regional results.
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Project Agorá advances the case for tokenised settlement
A wholesale-payment prototype explores coordinated settlement across currencies and jurisdictions.
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Tokenisation needs connected markets to reach scale
Interoperability is emerging as a central question for the development of tokenised assets.
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IMF highlights leverage and liquidity risks for asset managers
Financial-market resilience can coexist with vulnerabilities beneath the surface.
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Curated 7 November 2026. Original news summaries based on the sources linked in each article; dates identify the underlying source publication or report. Images are illustrative stock photography from Unsplash, not photographs of the reported events. This collection is updated editorially and is not a live news feed. Information is provided for general business purposes and is not investment advice.