Real Gold Price — Daily CSV Download

Nominal gold prices can be misleading across decades. A dollar in 1980 is not the same as a dollar in 2024. This dataset adjusts the World Bank gold price for US CPI inflation, revealing whether gold has truly preserved purchasing power. The 1980 peak was higher in real terms than the 2011 peak — a fact invisible in nominal charts. The real gold price is essential for evaluating gold as a long-term inflation hedge.

Dataset: Real Gold Price — CPI-Adjusted (1960–2026) · Updated 2026-04-01

Macro Takeaway

Dataset Overview

Dataset Variables

The CSV and Excel files contain the following columns.

Column names match the CSV headers exactly.

Download the Complete Dataset

The full dataset is available in CSV and Excel formats.

Direct CSV Access — Eco3min Structured Dataset

https://eco3min.fr/dataset/real-gold-price.csv

This URL returns the complete dataset in CSV format. It can be used directly in pandas, R, curl, or any data tool.

Using the Dataset in Python

import pandas as pd

url = "https://eco3min.fr/dataset/real-gold-price.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(url, parse_dates=["date"])

print(df.head())
print(df.describe())

Using the Dataset in R

library(readr)

url <- "https://eco3min.fr/dataset/real-gold-price.csv"
df <- read_csv(url)

head(df)
summary(df)

Both examples load the dataset directly from the URL — no download or API key required.

Methodology

Gold price (World Bank monthly average) divided by CPI index, rebased to current-month CPI. Formula: Real Price = Nominal Gold / (CPI_t / CPI_latest).

This dataset is updated automatically via the Eco3min data pipeline.

Historical Regimes

Historical regime analysis for this dataset will be added in a future update. The key stats block above provides immediate context for the current reading relative to the full historical distribution.

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Sources

• World Bank Pink Sheet (Gold) + Bureau of Labor Statistics (CPIAUCSL) via FRED

Dataset Reference

Eco3min Research. (2026). Real Gold Price (CPI-Adjusted).<br> https://eco3min.fr/en/real-gold-price-cpi-adjusted-dataset/