Jan 22 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has raised its end-2026 gold price forecast to $5,400 per ounce from $4,900/oz earlier, noting private-sector and emerging market central banks’ diversification into gold.
Spot gold climbed to a peak of $4,887.82 per ounce on Wednesday. The safe‑haven metal has climbed more than 11% so far in 2026, extending a blistering rally that saw it jump 64% last year.
“We assume private sector diversification buyers, whose purchases hedge global policy risks and have driven the upside surprise to our price forecast, don’t liquidate their gold holdings in 2026, effectively lifting the starting point of our price forecast,” the brokerage said in a note dated Wednesday.
The brokerage also expects central bank buying to average 60 tonnes in 2026 as emerging market central banks are likely to continue diversification of their reserves into gold.
Commerzbank, last week, raised its gold price forecast to $4,900 by the end of this year, citing increased safe-haven demand.
Following is a list of analysts’ latest gold price forecasts (in $ per ounce):
Brokerage/Agen Annual Price Price Targets Forecast as of
cy Forecast
2026
Goldman Sachs – $5,400 by December 2026 January 22, 2026
Morgan Stanley $4,400 $4,500 by mid-2026 October 31, 2025
Citi Research $5,000 Raises 0-3 month price target to $5,000 January 13, 2026
JP Morgan $4,753 Expects prices reaching an average of October 23, 2025
$5,055/oz by 4Q26
HSBC $4,587 $4,450 per ounce by year-end 2026 January 8, 2026
ANZ $4,445 $4,400 by year-end and $4,600 by June 2026 October 16, 2025
Bank of $4,438 2026 gold outlook raised to $5,000 October 13, 2025
America
Societe $4,716 $5,000 by the end of 2026 October 13, 2025
Generale
Standard $4,488 – October 13, 2025
Chartered
Commerzbank $4,900 $4,800 by mid-2026 January 13, 2026
Deutsche Bank $4,450 Yearly November 26, 2025
range from $3,950-$4,950/oz in 2026
UBS $3,825 Decline in real rates, potentially into October 16, 2025
negative territory, could push gold towards
$4,700
*end-of-period forecasts
(Reporting by Noel John in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)
