Retail prices touched ₹1,03,000 for 10 gm of gold with a 3% goods and services tax (GST), an occurrence which does not augur well for sales on Akshaya Tritiya, an annual Hindu and Jain spring festival when it is considered auspicious to buy gold. Akshaya Tritiya falls on April 30 this year.
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee rejects calls for Fed rate cuts to ease US debt burden
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee rejected calls for interest-rate cuts to ease the US government’s debt burden, warning that such a move could fuel inflation