About Gold Standard
Gold Standard shows what assets, currencies, and economies are worth in gold instead of in a currency.
Our Mission
Gold Standard provides gold-based metrics and visualizations to help individuals and professionals understand what truly holds value.
Who runs Gold Standard
Gold Standard is a project of Blackmill Solutions UG (haftungsbeschränkt), which operates the site. The company's registered details are in the imprint. The team page introduces Ali Karadag, a software architect and private gold enthusiast. For inquiries, reach us at info@blackmillsolutions.de.
Data sources
Every source the site reads, with what it is used for.
- Yahoo Finance: prices of gold, stocks, indices, commodities, and cryptocurrencies, and exchange rates
- gold-api.com: the live gold price of the landing page, which your browser loads every minute
- World Bank: yearly gross domestic product of each economy, and the monthly gold price before September 2000 for the Singapore page
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED): US egg prices, the US median house price, the Treasury yields, the federal funds rate, US consumer prices, US households' deposits, and the Singapore dollar's exchange rate before 2004, refreshed daily
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS): residential property price indices, retrieved through FRED
Türkiye
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (EVDS): the central bank's gold and reserves, consumer prices, households' deposits, and housing prices per square metre of Türkiye
- TurkStat: the number of households of Türkiye (2025), for the savings per household
- Wikimedia Commons: the outlines of the provinces of Türkiye, from “Turkey provinces blank gray.svg” by 6F-6C-63-61-79, simplified for the map of house prices. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
United States
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA): the quarterly Purchase-Only House Price Index of the US states, metropolitan areas, and counties, and of the nation
- US Census Bureau: the county boundaries and the codes that join the FHFA figures to the map of the United States
- US Treasury, Fiscal Data: the gold the US Treasury owns
Singapore
- Housing & Development Board, through data.gov.sg: the resale transactions of four-room flats, from which the price per square metre of each planning area is computed
- OneMap, Singapore Land Authority: the planning-area boundaries of the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the coordinates of the blocks, for the map
- Monetary Authority of Singapore, through the IMF: Singapore's gold holdings and official reserve assets
- Singapore Department of Statistics: Singapore's consumer prices and the currency and deposits of households
United Kingdom
- HM Land Registry: the UK House Price Index of the English regions, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and their local authorities. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
- Office for National Statistics (ONS): the UK consumer prices index, and the boundaries of the regions and local authorities (with Ordnance Survey data), generalised for the map
- Bank of England: the gold of the UK government and the sterling deposits of households
Spain
- Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana (MIVAU): the appraised value per square metre of housing in the Spanish provinces and in Spain as a whole. Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN): the outlines of the Spanish provinces for the map of house values
- Banco de España: the bank's gold and the deposits of households in Spain
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE): the Spanish consumer prices index
Portugal
- Statistics Portugal (INE): the median sale price per square metre of homes in the Portuguese municipalities and in Portugal as a whole. Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Direção-Geral do Território (DGT): the outlines of the Portuguese municipalities for the map of house prices (CAOP2025). Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Banco de Portugal (BPstat): the bank's gold and the deposits of households and non-profit institutions in Portugal
- Eurostat: the harmonised index of consumer prices for Portugal
Netherlands
- Statistics Netherlands (CBS): the price index of existing owner-occupied homes in the Dutch provinces and in the Netherlands as a whole (table 85792NED). Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Kadaster, through PDOK: the outlines of the Dutch provinces for the map of house prices (Bestuurlijke Gebieden). Licence: CC BY 4.0
This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Source: Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT), Electronic Data Delivery System (EVDS). The CBRT is the provider of the data only. Conversions into gold and US dollars, calculations, and descriptions are Gold Standard's own, are not produced or endorsed by the CBRT, and are not investment advice.
Editorial Standards
- Every figure is shown with the date or year it refers to
- How a figure is calculated is described on the page that shows it
- A figure that cannot be loaded is stated as unavailable; none is estimated
- Articles are published on Substack with their author and date
Questions about Gold Standard
Who operates Gold Standard?
Gold Standard is a project of Blackmill Solutions UG (haftungsbeschränkt), which operates the site. Its registered details are in the imprint. For inquiries, you can reach us at info@blackmillsolutions.de.
What is your mission?
Our mission is to provide gold-based metrics and visualizations that help individuals and professionals understand what truly holds value. We believe measuring assets in gold terms provides a more honest and accurate picture of long-term value.
What are your editorial standards?
We name every data source with its use on this page and describe how each figure is calculated on the page that shows it. Articles are published on Substack with their author and date.
Where do you get your data?
Prices and exchange rates come from Yahoo Finance, GDP from the World Bank, US consumer prices, house prices, and interest rates from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), and residential property indices from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The housing pages of Türkiye, the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Spain use the official statistics of each country; the data sources section of the About page names each one.
Can I contribute content or research to Gold Standard?
We're always interested in quality research and analysis. If you have ideas for collaboration or would like to contribute, please reach out to us at info@blackmillsolutions.de with your proposal.
Do you provide investment advice?
No. Gold Standard is an analytical tool and educational resource. We do not provide investment advice, recommendations, or financial planning services. All content is for informational purposes only. Consult with a qualified financial advisor for investment decisions.