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Gold Is Up 41% From a Year Ago. The Fed Can’t Stop It

Gold bars stacked on US Treasury yield schedule and debt documents showing the tension between gold and government debt in 2026

Gold is trading at $4,648/oz — up 41% from a year ago, down 14% from January’s record. Both numbers are true. The one that matters is the 41%. It held through a war, three hawkish Fed holds, and the most fractured FOMC vote since 1992. Here’s why that gap between the record and today’s price is a floor, not a warning.

What the Gold Price Per Ounce Really Tells You

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Most investors glance at the gold price per ounce and move on. But this single number reveals more about the health of the monetary system than almost any other metric — here’s how to read it.

The Gold Inflation Paradox Most Investors Miss

Gold bar in front of a laptop displaying CPI and inflation charts — illustrating the gold inflation paradox

Gold fell around 15% from its all-time high while inflation hit a nearly 3-year peak. The inflation-hedge narrative isn’t wrong — it’s incomplete. Here’s what the data really shows about gold and rising prices.

WGC Q1 2026: What Asia Knows That Wall Street Doesn’t

Gold bars stacked on metal shelving inside an institutional vault, illustrating record physical gold demand in Q1 2026

Asian investors drove physical gold bar demand to an all-time quarterly record in Q1 2026 — while Western ETF holders sold. The WGC’s latest demand report shows which side of that trade is thinking in decades, not quarters.

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