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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
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Technological Transformation of Col. Gemstone Trade
Milan: Among the various sectors of which the jewellery trade is comprised, companies handling coloured gemstones have faced some of the most daunting of challenges. Although their products are wildly popular among consumers, they have been hamstrung by a number of elements. These include a vast and complex supply chain, where almost all of the mining companies, lapidaries and wholesalers
DMCC Opens Representative Office in IDE
Ramat Gan: The Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre (DMCC) officially opened its new representative office yesterday in the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) complex in Ramat Gan. To open the office were DMCC Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Dubai Diamond Exchange Ahmed Bin Sulayem and DMCC Special Adviser Martin Leake, who both arrived on the first regularly scheduled flight from the UAE
"Diamonds Across Time" Book is Available Online!
London: “Diamonds Across Time,” the World Diamond Museum’s first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, is now available for purchase online. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned jewellery expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan. It includes 432 pages with 309 rich illustrations. She and nine other distinguished authors
J.A.D.E. by GJSCI Virtually Launched
Mumbai: J.A.D.E. (Jewellery Artificial Intelligence & Data-science Excellence) by Gems & Jewellery Skills Council of India (GJSCI) was launched in a virtual ceremony on 30th November 2020. The Chief Guest was Prof Chaudhuri (Director, IIT Bombay) and the Guest of Honor was Mr. Manish Kumar (MD & CEO, NSDC). JADE is a center of excellence for artificial intelligence focusing on
ALROSA Expects 5-Percent Growth in Rough Prices
Moscow: ALROSA expects that global rough prices will go up by 5% in 2014 over the last year, according to the ITAR-TASS report from St. Petersburg. This was disclosed to journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Fyodor Andreev, President of ALROSA. “We reckoned on a growth rate of 5%. I think it is achievable,”
Zimbabwe Orders Miners to Sell Gems through RBZ
Harare: The cash-strapped ruling ZANU PF government has issued an order to all diamond miners in the country to sell their gems through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines, Francis Gudyanga, reportedly wrote a letter to the companies explaining that the central bank will use the diamonds to secure a government loan.
Antwerp Hosts WDC and KP Chair
Antwerp: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) welcomed the Kimberley Process (KP) Chair, His Excellency Wei Chuanzhong, Vice-Chair Bernardo Campos and the Mr. Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) for the purpose of renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the KP Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM). In 2012, the KP Plenary designated the World Diamond Council through
Barclays Fined $44 Million over Gold Fix
London: British authorities have fined Barclays, one of five banks that sets the price of gold each day in the London fix, nearly $44 million after a former trader improperly influenced the price-setting mechanism, reports jckonline.com. The British Financial Conduct Authority said that, in 2012, Daniel James Plunkett, a director on the bank’s precious metals desk, placed certain orders meant
