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Gold soars past $1,200 to new record high

Global Markets Overview: Gold hit another high and Wall Street drove to a fresh peak for the year before retreating on concerns over Friday’s US non-farm payrolls

Gold rush forces US to clip Eagle sales

Investors race to buy American coins

Dollar lurches to 15-month low

European and US equities challenge year’s highs

Sri Lanka buys gold from IMF

Bullion drives towards $1,200 mark

Gold strikes all-time high

Precious metal continues last week’s rise

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Gold: unstable metal

Bullion prices are famously volatile. The current financial crisis has seen further fluctuations as buyers have rushed to acquire gold as a safe haven but also sold the precious metal to cover losses in other markets. Use the interactive timeline to see which economic and political events have driven the price of gold from 1900 to the present day

Gold: unstable metal

Comment and Analysis

Peak gold?

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The impulse to hoard bullion as a hedge against inflation is one that many seem to find hard to resist, but the notion the world is running out of the stuff is not

Bullion quest is no golden opportunity

Gold purchases do nothing to change the monstrous growth of reserves in surplus nations, particularly in Asia, which means they also do nothing to address the global macroeconomic imbalances that leaders profess to worry about

Insight: Gold standard debate roars on

All that underpins fiat currencies is the belief that governments are credible, and that belief is being tested to its limits, writes Gillian Tett

Barrick founder sets no limits on gold price

Peter Munk says the global economy will recover but individual investors have been traumatised, boosting the appeal of gold as a hedge

Central banks succumb again to bullion’s lure

Ten years ago the UK Treasury sent gold prices tumbling when it announced it would sell a chunk of its gold reserves. A decade later the picture looks different – sales in Europe have slowed to a crawl and fresh demand is emerging elsewhere

As good as gold

The yellow metal is a hedge against the chance that the world’s central banks will prove no better at preventing high inflation than they were at choosing when to sell gold

Goldbugs undeterred by price volatility

A look at what’s behind the global rise in popularity of the metal

Central banks look again at bullion sales pact

The agreement to limit gold sales expires this year and any changes could prove unsettling

Chinese consumers embrace gold

Royal Mint cashes in as gold market coins it

Short View: Gold rush

Gold retreats from new high as dollar trims losses

Gold output set for decline in long term

Gold retreats from new high as stocks pause for breath

Barrick Gold remains wary amid price rises

Bank moves spur the gold rush

Gold holds near record high

Gold adds lustre to metal prices

India buy adds to bullion surge

New Delhi puts hallmark on return to gold

Market glows with hopes for prices

India flexes its foreign reserve muscles

Gold extends record high on India purchase

Investors cling to gold as prices surge

Australian rate rise helps gold to record

Gold price reaches record high

Central banks set to be net gold buyers

Hedging loses its lustre for gold