Gold prices back in limelight after mild correction
Spot gold tested a new lifetime high last week due to a combination of factors that have converged to propel the demand for the yellow metal. Multiple catalysts like US …
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Gold: Gold’s march likely to continue, use price corrections to buy
Mumbai: It appears to be a goldilocks scenario for gold – and ignoring its allure could prove costly for savers. Gold hoarding by emerging market central banks as West Asia …
Oil tests central banker nerves with Iran-Israel hostilities on ‘knife edge’
Global central bankers fretting about geopolitics just got another sharp reminder overnight about the potential threat that the Middle East poses to their inflation fight.In the same week that multiple …
bonds: In a ‘radical shift’, frontier markets go for policy changes
Frontier markets have embarked on aggressive policy shifts, and investors in local-currency bonds are starting to reap the benefits. Central banks across key frontier economies including Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt …
gold: Hold 10% of assets in gold, SGBs a good bet: Analysts
Mumbai: Investors can use the fourth and final tranche of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) this financial year to diversify the overall portfolios in line with their long-term asset allocation strategy. …
Learn With ETMarkets: Role of central banks in shaping interest rates and the economy
Do you often check the Fixed Deposit (FD) interest rates when you visit a bank? Have you noticed how those rates seem to change frequently?Similarly, if you are a regular …
monetary policy: Higher-for- longer rate stance may end early 2024
The new higher-for-longer stage of global monetary policy may last only until the early months of 2024 as central banks begin moving toward cutting borrowing costs. That’s the outlook foreseen …
central banks: Global G-Sec yields reach 15-year highs as rate-hike worries build
New York: Global government bond yields extended their climb – with the US 30-year reaching the highest point since 2011 and other benchmarks returning to 2008 levels – as resilient …
RBI: India swap rates hint Street does not expect rate cuts till Aug 2024
Mumbai: A key metric that gauges interest rate expectations shows that domestic markets have pushed back expectations of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) easing monetary policy by three months …