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Two Central Banks, Two Signals: Why the NFP Shock Hit Silver Harder Than Gold
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 5 belonged to two central banks and one labour number. On Friday June 5, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee held the repo rate at 5.25% for the third consecutive meeting, voting unanimously, and raised the FY27 inflation projection by 50 basis points to 5.1%. Hours later, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released a May nonfarm payrolls print of 172,000 jobs, roughly double the consensus expectation of approximately 85,000. The number
Two Central Banks, Two Signals: Why the NFP Shock Hit Silver Harder Than Gold
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 5 belonged to two central banks and one labour number. On Friday June 5, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee held the repo rate at 5.25% for the third consecutive meeting, voting unanimously, and raised the FY27 inflation projection by 50 basis points to 5.1%. Hours later, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released a May nonfarm payrolls print of 172,000 jobs, roughly double the consensus expectation of approximately 85,000. The number
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One More PIL to Get Back Kohinoor Diamond
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday agreed to hear another PIL seeking a directive to the Centre to try and bring back the Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom, reports tribuneindia. A Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur said it would hear the fresh plea by Heritage Bengal and another organization along with a pending petition
‘Lesedi la Rona’ Fails to Attract Buyers
London: The 1,109-carat ‘Lesedi la Rona’ is the second-largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but bidding didn’t reach the Sotheby’s reserve price, reports theguardian. Turns out the largest diamond discovered in over a century may not be worth that much after all. The tennis ball-sized “Lesedi la Rona” failed to find a buyer on Tuesday, a disappointing result for a
KP Chair Visits Angola and South Africa
Luanda: Kimberley Process (KP) chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem has continued his tour of Africa, having recently visited two founding KP countries – Angola and South Africa. Bin Sulayem met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos as well as South African mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane, in which they discussed the progress that diamond producing nations are making with
De Beers Opens First Store in Kuwait
Gaborone: De Beers recently opened a 145-square meter store in the Prestige area of the Avenues Mall in Kuwait – its first in the Emirate. It is the third location to be opened in the Middle East, following similar stores in Dubai and Bahrain. The company hosted an event in honor of talented Kuwaiti women to showcase the launch of
One More PIL to Get Back Kohinoor Diamond
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday agreed to hear another PIL seeking a directive to the Centre to try and bring back the Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom, reports tribuneindia. A Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur said it would hear the fresh plea by Heritage Bengal and another organization along with a pending petition
‘Lesedi la Rona’ Fails to Attract Buyers
London: The 1,109-carat ‘Lesedi la Rona’ is the second-largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, but bidding didn’t reach the Sotheby’s reserve price, reports theguardian. Turns out the largest diamond discovered in over a century may not be worth that much after all. The tennis ball-sized “Lesedi la Rona” failed to find a buyer on Tuesday, a disappointing result for a
KP Chair Visits Angola and South Africa
Luanda: Kimberley Process (KP) chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem has continued his tour of Africa, having recently visited two founding KP countries – Angola and South Africa. Bin Sulayem met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos as well as South African mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane, in which they discussed the progress that diamond producing nations are making with
De Beers Opens First Store in Kuwait
Gaborone: De Beers recently opened a 145-square meter store in the Prestige area of the Avenues Mall in Kuwait – its first in the Emirate. It is the third location to be opened in the Middle East, following similar stores in Dubai and Bahrain. The company hosted an event in honor of talented Kuwaiti women to showcase the launch of
