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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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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WFDB Congratulates New Officers of GJEPC

Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has expressed his congratulations to the newly elected President and Vice-President of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) following elections for the top positions. Pramod Kumar Agarwal has been elected as Chairman for the period of 2018 to 2020, while Colin Shah has been elected as the Vice

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India Reduces GST on Polished Diamonds

Mumbai: The sharp cut in the rate of GST (Goods and Services Tax) on polished diamond has brought much cheer to processors and jewellery exporters. Around 94 per cent of the diamonds processed in the country would attract 0.25 per cent GST effective Friday, down from three per cent earlier, following the GST Council’s decision in this connection on Thursday.

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Need for More Research on Gold in India

Ahmedabad: Gold in India continues to be a work in process from the perspective of a comprehensive economic policy. As a commodity, it is among the severely under-researched items given its importance in the economy as well as the society of our country. It employs more than 5 million people and has annual import bill of more than 200,000 crores

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West Bengal Assures to Support G&J Sector

Kolkata: A GJF Delegation Led by Chairman Mr. Nitin khandelwal along with Mr. Shaankar Sen, Mr. Avinash Gupta, Mr. Ashok Bengani and Mr. Suvankar Sen met the Finance Minister (FM) of west Bengal Mr. Amit Mitra recently at the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. Over the round table discussion with the FM, on the side lines of the business

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WFDB Congratulates New Officers of GJEPC

Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has expressed his congratulations to the newly elected President and Vice-President of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) following elections for the top positions. Pramod Kumar Agarwal has been elected as Chairman for the period of 2018 to 2020, while Colin Shah has been elected as the Vice

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India Reduces GST on Polished Diamonds

Mumbai: The sharp cut in the rate of GST (Goods and Services Tax) on polished diamond has brought much cheer to processors and jewellery exporters. Around 94 per cent of the diamonds processed in the country would attract 0.25 per cent GST effective Friday, down from three per cent earlier, following the GST Council’s decision in this connection on Thursday.

Read More »

Need for More Research on Gold in India

Ahmedabad: Gold in India continues to be a work in process from the perspective of a comprehensive economic policy. As a commodity, it is among the severely under-researched items given its importance in the economy as well as the society of our country. It employs more than 5 million people and has annual import bill of more than 200,000 crores

Read More »

West Bengal Assures to Support G&J Sector

Kolkata: A GJF Delegation Led by Chairman Mr. Nitin khandelwal along with Mr. Shaankar Sen, Mr. Avinash Gupta, Mr. Ashok Bengani and Mr. Suvankar Sen met the Finance Minister (FM) of west Bengal Mr. Amit Mitra recently at the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. Over the round table discussion with the FM, on the side lines of the business

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