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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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Miners Likely to Cut Rough Prices Further: Moody’s
Mumbai: Rough diamond producers will have to slash prices further as a 28 percent slump from a peak in 2014 may be insufficient to revive demand, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Miners will remain under pressure over the next 12 to 18 months because of slowing jewelry sales and cutters and polishers’ reduced access to credit, which have caused a
NDMC to be Formed in Surat Also
Mumbai: The Diamond Detection Expo & Symposium (DDES) 2015 opened at the BDB today with Praveenshankar Pandya, Chairman GJEPC and Anoop Mehta, President BDB strongly reiterating that the Indian diamond industry stood firmly committed to taking all steps necessary to prevent undisclosed mixing and establish separate footprints for natural and synthetic diamonds as this would help maintain consumer confidence in
Kalyan Jewellers Supports Hsg. for Unprivileged
Thrissur: Kalyan Jewellers, India’s leading and trusted jewellery brand has pledged its support for the Indian Government’s Housing for All: Mission 2022programme. Mr. T.S. Kalyanaraman, Chairman and Managing Director of Kalyan Jewellers met Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, and shared Kalyan Jewellers’ endeavour to support housing for the underprivileged, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. Kalyan
Dominion’s 3Q Profit -90% As Ekati Margins Slump
Toronto: Dominion Diamond Corporation reported a 90 percent drop in profit year on year to $3.4 million in the third quarter that ended on October 31, 2015 as margins declined at the company’s Canadian mines, reports Rapaport. Overall revenue declined 35 percent, mainly due to a large drop in the average price per carat of sales from the Ekati Diamond
IDE to Advance "Natural is Real" During IDW
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be advancing its “Natural Is real” campaign during the Israel Diamond Week in New York to be held next month at the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC). The campaign, which was launched during last year’s Israel Diamond Week in New York, stresses the Israeli diamond industry and trade’s commitment to
UK-Ireland Jewellery Industry Unite Over Ethics
London: Industry leaders from the major trade associations and buying groups in the UK and Ireland have come together to take a lead on issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility in the jewellery industry by backing the work of the Jewellery Ethics Committee UK (JEC-UK). At a designer-maker evening event organized by JEC-UK at the Goldsmiths’ Centre on Thursday
India Needs More World-Class Gold Refineries
Mumbai: At the two-day seminar organized by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA), experts were of the opinion that Indian household, which has total holding of around 25,000 tonnes of gold, needs more gold refineries for monetizing and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the sector. India continues to be a major consumer of gold, importing on average 600
Indian Bullion Trade Asso. to Retail Gold, Silver
Mumbai: India’s bullion trade body, India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA), has entered into retailing of gold and silver coins and bars, reports resourceinvestor.com. This is the first time that IBJA has entered into bullion trading. The association will source gold from overseas and local gold suppliers. The coins will range between 1 gram and 1,000 grams and will
