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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
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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US Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged Again
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, six days before Americans choose a new president, but hinted again that it would likely raise rates soon. The Fed said that the case for rate hike has ‘continued to strengthen’ but that it had decided to wait for further evidence of progress toward its objectives. Most analysts and investors expect a
Lucapa Achieves Record Production in Q3
Luanda: Following their announcement earlier this month about achieving record levels of rough diamond production at their Lulo Diamond Project in Angola in Q3 of 2016, Australia’s Lucapa Diamond Co. has now announced corresponding record levels of sales during the same period. Sales of 12,438 carats during the three-month period represent a 206% jump in Q3 2016 compared to 2015,
How Different are the Campaigns of WDM & DPA?
Hong Kong: First, The World Diamond Mark (WDM) was created by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses to rekindle consumers’ desire for diamonds and diamond jewellery, build trust in the retail jeweller, and consequently to boost demand for natural diamonds throughout the diamond supply pipeline. Operating as the industry’s catalyst, WDM aims to engage all diamond industry stakeholders, and invites
CIBJO Congress concludes in Yerevan, Armenia
Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, wrapped up its 2016 congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on Friday, October 28, after five intensive days of discussions on a wide-ranging set of issues facing the gemstone and jewellery industry, and sessions of its specialized commissions covering the diamond, coloured stone, pearl, coral, precious metals and gemmological laboratory sectors, as well as ethics, marketing
US Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged Again
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, six days before Americans choose a new president, but hinted again that it would likely raise rates soon. The Fed said that the case for rate hike has ‘continued to strengthen’ but that it had decided to wait for further evidence of progress toward its objectives. Most analysts and investors expect a
Lucapa Achieves Record Production in Q3
Luanda: Following their announcement earlier this month about achieving record levels of rough diamond production at their Lulo Diamond Project in Angola in Q3 of 2016, Australia’s Lucapa Diamond Co. has now announced corresponding record levels of sales during the same period. Sales of 12,438 carats during the three-month period represent a 206% jump in Q3 2016 compared to 2015,
How Different are the Campaigns of WDM & DPA?
Hong Kong: First, The World Diamond Mark (WDM) was created by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses to rekindle consumers’ desire for diamonds and diamond jewellery, build trust in the retail jeweller, and consequently to boost demand for natural diamonds throughout the diamond supply pipeline. Operating as the industry’s catalyst, WDM aims to engage all diamond industry stakeholders, and invites
CIBJO Congress concludes in Yerevan, Armenia
Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, wrapped up its 2016 congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on Friday, October 28, after five intensive days of discussions on a wide-ranging set of issues facing the gemstone and jewellery industry, and sessions of its specialized commissions covering the diamond, coloured stone, pearl, coral, precious metals and gemmological laboratory sectors, as well as ethics, marketing
