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Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion
Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the
Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion
Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the
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GST Benefit to Show After Long Term: Moody’s
Mumbai: India’s all industrial and retailer sectors are gearing up for the implementation of GST from July 1, 2017. Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley will deliver a historic speech on midnight of 30th June to rollout the much-awaited tax reform. Referring to the scheduled rollout of GST on July 1, rating agency Moody’s says teething issues in implementing the change
Gahcho Kué Prices Hit New Peak at $95/ct.
Toronto: Mountain Province Diamonds recorded its highest average price to date as it garnered $21.1 million at its June sale. The fifth tender of rough from the company’s Gahcho Kué mine fetched $95 per carat, compared with $72 per carat in the first three sales and $86 per carat at the fourth. The results were high because the sale featured
Botswana’s Growth Driven by Diamond Trade
Gaborone: Botswana’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.3% in 2016, mainly due to an improvement in the nation’s diamond trade, the Bank of Botswana said last week. An increase in wholesale activity by diamond companies operating in Botswana, such as De Beers’ Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) and state-owned Okavango Diamond Company, drove the nation’s economic growth, explained Keith Jefferis, managing
Has Diamond Market Ceased to Recover?
New York: A clear improvement in the diamond trade at the end of last year has petered out since the start of 2017 due to disappointing US economic growth and consumer spending in Q1 which has weighed on end-demand, as well as lower consumption in Hong Kong and Macau has also negatively affected demand for diamond jewellery according to company
GST Benefit to Show After Long Term: Moody’s
Mumbai: India’s all industrial and retailer sectors are gearing up for the implementation of GST from July 1, 2017. Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley will deliver a historic speech on midnight of 30th June to rollout the much-awaited tax reform. Referring to the scheduled rollout of GST on July 1, rating agency Moody’s says teething issues in implementing the change
Gahcho Kué Prices Hit New Peak at $95/ct.
Toronto: Mountain Province Diamonds recorded its highest average price to date as it garnered $21.1 million at its June sale. The fifth tender of rough from the company’s Gahcho Kué mine fetched $95 per carat, compared with $72 per carat in the first three sales and $86 per carat at the fourth. The results were high because the sale featured
Botswana’s Growth Driven by Diamond Trade
Gaborone: Botswana’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.3% in 2016, mainly due to an improvement in the nation’s diamond trade, the Bank of Botswana said last week. An increase in wholesale activity by diamond companies operating in Botswana, such as De Beers’ Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) and state-owned Okavango Diamond Company, drove the nation’s economic growth, explained Keith Jefferis, managing
Has Diamond Market Ceased to Recover?
New York: A clear improvement in the diamond trade at the end of last year has petered out since the start of 2017 due to disappointing US economic growth and consumer spending in Q1 which has weighed on end-demand, as well as lower consumption in Hong Kong and Macau has also negatively affected demand for diamond jewellery according to company
