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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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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Israel Diamond Exg to hold 'Ambassador Day'

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be hosting a significant number of Ambassadors, Consuls and economic attaches during the winter edition of The International Diamond Week in Israel to be held on the IDE trading floor from February 14 to 18. On the afternoon of February 16, the diplomats will tour the trading floor, visit the Harry Oppenheimer

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Israel’s Diamond Exports Down in 2015

Ramat Gan: Polished diamond exports from Israel fell by just over a fifth in the year 2015 from US$6,267 billion in 2014 to US$4,996 billion in 2005, according to figures released by Israel’s Diamond Controller. Net rough diamond exports from Israel were worth US$2,196 billion in 2015, marking a 28.3% decrease from rough diamond exports of US$3,061 billion in 2014.

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India Tightens Noose Round Black Money

New Delhi: In order to check the generation of black money, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of India has notified new rules under which cash receipts and high value transactions by individuals beyond a certain threshold will have to be reported by banks and companies issuing shares or bonds to the Income Tax authorities with effect from April

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Argyle Mine in Australia will exhaust by 2020

Perth: The Argyle mine in Australia, which accounts for over 90% of world production of pink diamonds, will be exhausted by 2020, online resource Businesswire reported. According to the assessment carried out by the resource, the price of pink diamonds in the past 10 years increased annually by an average of 20%. As for the cost of yellow diamonds, over

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Israel Diamond Exg to hold 'Ambassador Day'

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be hosting a significant number of Ambassadors, Consuls and economic attaches during the winter edition of The International Diamond Week in Israel to be held on the IDE trading floor from February 14 to 18. On the afternoon of February 16, the diplomats will tour the trading floor, visit the Harry Oppenheimer

Read More »

Israel’s Diamond Exports Down in 2015

Ramat Gan: Polished diamond exports from Israel fell by just over a fifth in the year 2015 from US$6,267 billion in 2014 to US$4,996 billion in 2005, according to figures released by Israel’s Diamond Controller. Net rough diamond exports from Israel were worth US$2,196 billion in 2015, marking a 28.3% decrease from rough diamond exports of US$3,061 billion in 2014.

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India Tightens Noose Round Black Money

New Delhi: In order to check the generation of black money, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of India has notified new rules under which cash receipts and high value transactions by individuals beyond a certain threshold will have to be reported by banks and companies issuing shares or bonds to the Income Tax authorities with effect from April

Read More »

Argyle Mine in Australia will exhaust by 2020

Perth: The Argyle mine in Australia, which accounts for over 90% of world production of pink diamonds, will be exhausted by 2020, online resource Businesswire reported. According to the assessment carried out by the resource, the price of pink diamonds in the past 10 years increased annually by an average of 20%. As for the cost of yellow diamonds, over

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