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On this day — February 4, 2025

Chinese New Year: Chinese gold demand surges in the lead-up to Lunar New Year as families exchange gold pendants, rings and bars. Year-on-year, China's January–February gold imports run 30–50 percent above other months.

Tuesday — a normal trading day. Tuesday is also when the CFTC publishes Commitments of Traders data for the prior week, often producing intraday movement.

Day 35 of 365 · Q1 2025 · 9.6% through the year

February 2025 gold market: Uptrend extends on inflation and safe-haven demand

Bullish

Inflation and debt worries sustained the strong uptrend.

Gold continued higher in February as elevated inflation concerns, worries about persistent government debt, and currency-debasement fears drew investors toward gold's traditional store-of-value role. Institutional accumulation and safe-haven demand kept the trend firmly intact.

What drove gold in February 2025

  • elevated inflation concerns
  • government-debt and debasement fears
  • safe-haven demand
  • institutional accumulation
Themes#inflation#safe-haven demand#debt and debasement

Key events in February 2025

  1. Feb 24Tariff plans on major trading partners reinforce hedging demand

What happened next

Building momentum carried gold through the historic $3,000 barrier in March.

For gold buyers

February showed gold working as designed — a hedge against inflation, debt and currency risk, all of which were rising at once.