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Gold and Silver Ran 5% Despite a Hawkish Fed. Are Markets Repricing Fiscal Risk?
Macro Snapshot: The week ending August 21 was defined by two opposing forces. On Tuesday the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.34%, its highest reading since 2007. On Wednesday the Treasury Department announced it would at least double its liquidity-support buybacks of 10 to 30-year securities; hours later, FOMC minutes from July 28 to 29 showed many participants judged further tightening would likely be necessary if inflation did not decline. On the same day, US federal debt crossed $40 trillion, only
Gold and Silver Ran 5% Despite a Hawkish Fed. Are Markets Repricing Fiscal Risk?
Macro Snapshot: The week ending August 21 was defined by two opposing forces. On Tuesday the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.34%, its highest reading since 2007. On Wednesday the Treasury Department announced it would at least double its liquidity-support buybacks of 10 to 30-year securities; hours later, FOMC minutes from July 28 to 29 showed many participants judged further tightening would likely be necessary if inflation did not decline. On the same day, US federal debt crossed $40 trillion, only
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Amnesty Report on CAR Ignores Antwerp Controls
Antwerp: Despite the fact an Amnesty International team visited the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, including the Antwerp Diamond Office which supervises all imports and exports of diamonds to and from Antwerp, and was able to witness how the strict controls on imports of rough are conducted in Antwerp, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre cannot but conclude the report contains factual
Rio Tinto Sets First-Time India Rough Auction
Mumbai: Rio Tinto Diamonds has set out plans to bring rough diamonds for the first time directly into India from its Argyle mine in Australia and Diavik mine in Canada for auction viewings. The products will be on display at the Bharat Diamond Bourse’s new Special Notified Zone at the end of November. The viewings, open only to fully registered
'Indian Consumers Need Different Strategy'
Mumbai: Diamond retailers will be required to adopt differentiated approaches to realize the significant growth opportunity in India, the world’s third-biggest consumer market for diamonds in which demand has more than trebled over the last decade, according to De Beers. Rising incomes and aspirations could afford the industry an even bigger prize over the next 10 years, the company said
Lab-Grown Diamonds Set to Fill Projected Deficit
Singapore: Technological developments in the production of grown diamonds embody a significant opportunity as researchers predict demand will double in the next ten years, according to a report from Better Diamond Initiative. Advances in the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology allow the creation of large synthetic stones of jewellery-quality colour and clarity, said the report published on the Better Diamond
Amnesty Report on CAR Ignores Antwerp Controls
Antwerp: Despite the fact an Amnesty International team visited the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, including the Antwerp Diamond Office which supervises all imports and exports of diamonds to and from Antwerp, and was able to witness how the strict controls on imports of rough are conducted in Antwerp, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre cannot but conclude the report contains factual
Rio Tinto Sets First-Time India Rough Auction
Mumbai: Rio Tinto Diamonds has set out plans to bring rough diamonds for the first time directly into India from its Argyle mine in Australia and Diavik mine in Canada for auction viewings. The products will be on display at the Bharat Diamond Bourse’s new Special Notified Zone at the end of November. The viewings, open only to fully registered
'Indian Consumers Need Different Strategy'
Mumbai: Diamond retailers will be required to adopt differentiated approaches to realize the significant growth opportunity in India, the world’s third-biggest consumer market for diamonds in which demand has more than trebled over the last decade, according to De Beers. Rising incomes and aspirations could afford the industry an even bigger prize over the next 10 years, the company said
Lab-Grown Diamonds Set to Fill Projected Deficit
Singapore: Technological developments in the production of grown diamonds embody a significant opportunity as researchers predict demand will double in the next ten years, according to a report from Better Diamond Initiative. Advances in the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology allow the creation of large synthetic stones of jewellery-quality colour and clarity, said the report published on the Better Diamond
