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Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself
Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger
Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself
Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger
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Diamonds ‘Not Promoted Enough’
Saurimo: Diamonds are not being promoted well enough, and as a result people are not motivated to buy them, the chairman of Angolan state diamond company Endiama said last week. Speaking in the Angolan city of Saurimo on October 6, Carlos Sumbula told a delegation of British members of parliament that diamond producers needed to unite to streamline promotional campaigns
Botswana Plans 'Bold' Financial Stimulus
Gaborone: The government of Botswana has said that it will use some of its $8.5 billion in foreign exchange reserves to stimulate its economy following a drop in diamond prices. “We have realized our economy is going to stagnate,” said President Ian Khama in a televised speech, as quoted by Reuters. “The time has come for us to make bold
Growing Prominence of Latin America in Jewellery
Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has drawn attention to the growing prominence of Latin America in the international jewellery business, and in particular to the role that is being played by Mexico, the region’s most valuable luxury product market. He was participating at a gathering of political and business leaders, as well as jewellers from across the Americas, during the
India Boosts Funding to Promote Exports
New Delhi: The Government of India has increased allocations for export incentive schemes across the economy, including the diamond and jewelry sectors, in the current financial year to $3.2 billion (Rs21,000 crore). Commerce Secretary Rita A. Teaotia told a meeting with representatives of 27 export promotion councils on October 7 that the new amount was an increase on the earlier
Diamonds ‘Not Promoted Enough’
Saurimo: Diamonds are not being promoted well enough, and as a result people are not motivated to buy them, the chairman of Angolan state diamond company Endiama said last week. Speaking in the Angolan city of Saurimo on October 6, Carlos Sumbula told a delegation of British members of parliament that diamond producers needed to unite to streamline promotional campaigns
Botswana Plans 'Bold' Financial Stimulus
Gaborone: The government of Botswana has said that it will use some of its $8.5 billion in foreign exchange reserves to stimulate its economy following a drop in diamond prices. “We have realized our economy is going to stagnate,” said President Ian Khama in a televised speech, as quoted by Reuters. “The time has come for us to make bold
Growing Prominence of Latin America in Jewellery
Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has drawn attention to the growing prominence of Latin America in the international jewellery business, and in particular to the role that is being played by Mexico, the region’s most valuable luxury product market. He was participating at a gathering of political and business leaders, as well as jewellers from across the Americas, during the
India Boosts Funding to Promote Exports
New Delhi: The Government of India has increased allocations for export incentive schemes across the economy, including the diamond and jewelry sectors, in the current financial year to $3.2 billion (Rs21,000 crore). Commerce Secretary Rita A. Teaotia told a meeting with representatives of 27 export promotion councils on October 7 that the new amount was an increase on the earlier
