Household gold holdings' value rises to 56% of GDP

THE value of gold the Indian households are sitting on is as much as 56% of the nominal GDP in FY26 and is also bigger than the bank credit, which is only 55% of the economy, according to a foreign brokerage.

- BENN KOCHUVEEDAN @ Mumbai

The brokerage forecasted a further rally in gold, which is already quoting near record highs. The 25,000 tone of gold holding with the Indian households is the world's largest and represents 14% of the global gold stock and at current prices is worth $2.4 trillion, Tanvee Gupta Jain, chief economist at UBS Securities India, said in a note.