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In Pictures: UAE gold shoppers use discounts on making charges and other offers to add to their collections

Jewellery retailers mix and match offers and discounts to keep shoppers interested

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Manoj Nair, Business Editor and Nivetha Dayanand, Web Editor
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In the past, changes to gold prices were only concerned about the state of the global economy, the US Federal Reserve’s policy, and the way inflation rates were performing. These days, trends in the gold market are just as likely to be decided by COVID-19 infection rates and vaccination charts.
In the past, changes to gold prices were only concerned about the state of the global economy, the US Federal Reserve’s policy, and the way inflation rates were performing. These days, trends in the gold market are just as likely to be decided by COVID-19 infection rates and vaccination charts.

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