The two-day FOMC meeting begins Tuesday morning and ends Wednesday afternoon with a statement. The FOMC is expected to slightly raise U.S. interest rates at this meeting. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will also hold a press conference after the meeting. As usual, the marketplace will parse the Fed’s wording for clues on the pace of future Fed rate hikes and the Fed’s inflation expectations.
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Gold Prices Edge Higher on Jewellers’ Buying, Silver Rates Fall – Gold Silver Reports (GSR)
Meanwhile, physical gold buying waned in major Asian centres last week as bullion prices rebounded from recent lows, with dealers in India offering the metal at a discount for the first time in over a month as an uptick in local rates moderated demand.
Gold Prices to Trade Upside Today: Neal Bhai Reports
Gold MCX Tips and Reports — We expect gold prices to trade higher today despite trade war concerns looming around the corner with Donald Trump likely to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods.
Gold Jewelers in India are Expecting a Cool Reception in the Short Term
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Gold Jewelers in India are Expecting a Cool Reception in the Short Term — Joyalukkas Group has put an initial share sale of its jewelry business on hold and will revisit the proposal after national elections next year, Baby George, chief executive officer of the Kerala-based company, said in an interview Thursday. The fraud claims also have seen banks review funding for the gem and jewelry sector, he said. Gold jewelers in India are expecting a cool reception in the short term to any plans to publicly trade shares in the wake of an alleged $2 billion fraud by jewelers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.