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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5th Edition of GJTCI Excellence Awards

Ahmedabad: With a view to encourage and boost the jewellery industry and people related to it, GJTCI organize GJTCI  Excellence Awards to recognize and felicitate the uniqueness and unmatched craftsmanship of our Jewellery Industry. GJTCI has been an integral part of the Gem & Jewellery industry for almost one & half decade now, organizing multifarious activities for the growth of

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Pakistan Gemstone Industry Struggles with Unrest

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Zimbabwe Doubles Diamond Production in 2017

Harare: The government of Zimbabwe reports it has doubled its diamond production to 1.8 million carats in 2017, from 961,000 carats in 2016, the drop in production exacerbated by Zimbabwe’s merging of diamond mining companies previously operating in Chiadzwa diamond fields into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC). The rise in diamond production is expected to translate into increased economic

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5th Edition of GJTCI Excellence Awards

Ahmedabad: With a view to encourage and boost the jewellery industry and people related to it, GJTCI organize GJTCI  Excellence Awards to recognize and felicitate the uniqueness and unmatched craftsmanship of our Jewellery Industry. GJTCI has been an integral part of the Gem & Jewellery industry for almost one & half decade now, organizing multifarious activities for the growth of

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Pakistan Gemstone Industry Struggles with Unrest

Karachi: For 400 years the craftsmen and traders of Peshawar’s jewellery bazaar have cut, polished, set and haggled over precious gems dug from the rugged mountains of northwest Pakistan. Pakistan’s gem and jewellery exports have boomed in recent years but Taliban violence, a crippling power crisis and outdated production methods are taking their toll in Peshawar, where traders say business

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Zimbabwe Doubles Diamond Production in 2017

Harare: The government of Zimbabwe reports it has doubled its diamond production to 1.8 million carats in 2017, from 961,000 carats in 2016, the drop in production exacerbated by Zimbabwe’s merging of diamond mining companies previously operating in Chiadzwa diamond fields into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC). The rise in diamond production is expected to translate into increased economic

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GST Raids on Diamond Couriers in India

Mumbai: Transportation of rough and polished diamonds between Mumbai and Surat have come to a halt after the Goods and Services Tax department (GST) raided several angadias, or traditional couriers who ferry the goods between the two cities, according to a report published in The Tribune. According to traders here, officials from the GST and Central Excise department raided more

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