The Correction is Ten Weeks Old. The Floor Has Not Broken. Is That the Signal?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 31 delivered two of the most consequential macro events of 2026, and neither resolved the stalemate that has defined gold and silver for five weeks. On Wednesday July 29, the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.50-3.75% in a divided 9-3 vote. Three regional Fed presidents (Cleveland’s Beth Hammack, Minneapolis’ Neel Kashkari, and Dallas’ Lorie Logan) dissented in favour of an immediate 25 basis point hike, the largest number of dissents for rates to move

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The Correction is Ten Weeks Old. The Floor Has Not Broken. Is That the Signal?

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 31 delivered two of the most consequential macro events of 2026, and neither resolved the stalemate that has defined gold and silver for five weeks. On Wednesday July 29, the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.50-3.75% in a divided 9-3 vote. Three regional Fed presidents (Cleveland’s Beth Hammack, Minneapolis’ Neel Kashkari, and Dallas’ Lorie Logan) dissented in favour of an immediate 25 basis point hike, the largest number of dissents for rates to move

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De Beers Conducts Diamond Insight Flash Report 2

Mumbai: To augment our existing research program, De Beers is conducting additional consumer, retailer and supply chain touch-bases to understand the pain points and the opportunities for partners large and small across the pipeline. In March 2020, we launched a weekly quantitative survey to collect data on the attitudes, behaviors and expectations of consumers in the US. Once a month

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Gold Demand may Remain Soft in H2: WGC

Mumbai: The consumer demand for gold in the country is expected to remain subdued in the second half of 2020 amid business and income disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report. The report, however, said that financial packages to support the economy and good monsoon may help soften the negative impact of economic blow due to the

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India’s G&J Gross Exports Fell 55% in Q1 2020-21

Mumbai: India’s overall gross exports of gems and jewellery during the first quarter of FY2020-21 (April-June 2020) showed a decline of about 55% to US$ 2746.64 million on a year-on-year basis, according to provisional data released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). India’s Q1 overall gross imports of gems and jewellery plummeted 75% to US$ 915.137 million,

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Six New CFCs to be Operational by Dec 2020

Mumbai: The Common Facility Centres (CFC) Project Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), met on 8th July, 2020, to review the status of the upcoming six new CFCs. The six locations for setting up CFCs in Phase II are Coimbatore, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Rajkot and

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De Beers Conducts Diamond Insight Flash Report 2

Mumbai: To augment our existing research program, De Beers is conducting additional consumer, retailer and supply chain touch-bases to understand the pain points and the opportunities for partners large and small across the pipeline. In March 2020, we launched a weekly quantitative survey to collect data on the attitudes, behaviors and expectations of consumers in the US. Once a month

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Gold Demand may Remain Soft in H2: WGC

Mumbai: The consumer demand for gold in the country is expected to remain subdued in the second half of 2020 amid business and income disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report. The report, however, said that financial packages to support the economy and good monsoon may help soften the negative impact of economic blow due to the

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India’s G&J Gross Exports Fell 55% in Q1 2020-21

Mumbai: India’s overall gross exports of gems and jewellery during the first quarter of FY2020-21 (April-June 2020) showed a decline of about 55% to US$ 2746.64 million on a year-on-year basis, according to provisional data released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). India’s Q1 overall gross imports of gems and jewellery plummeted 75% to US$ 915.137 million,

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Six New CFCs to be Operational by Dec 2020

Mumbai: The Common Facility Centres (CFC) Project Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), met on 8th July, 2020, to review the status of the upcoming six new CFCs. The six locations for setting up CFCs in Phase II are Coimbatore, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Rajkot and

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