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19 February 2026 Dear Customers, Demand for physical precious metals remains elevated, and replenishing stock continues to be challenging. However, through increased staffing, overtime efforts, and enhanced automation, we are beginning to reduce our order and customer support backlog. Minimum Order Requirements With immediate effect, we are reducing our minimum order requirements as follows: Buy orders containing BSP products only: SGD 250 (or equivalent in other currencies) Buy and sell orders containing physical precious metals products other than BSP: SGD 1,500 or equivalent. Vault storage sell orders are exempted from minimum order requirements. Order, Payment & Customer Support Enquiries Please…

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Here is what you need to know on Friday, February 20:The number of United States (US) citizens submitting new unemployment insurance applications decreased to 206K, much lower than initial estimates of 225K, and down from the previous week’s revised 229K, according to the US Department of Labor.Focus now turns to US data released on Friday, including the Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, the advance estimate for fourth-quarter US Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and preliminary February Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data.The US Dollar Index (DXY) trades near a four-week high of 97.90, underpinned by stronger-than-expected results from the weekly…

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The USD/CAD pair loses ground to around 1.3695 during the Asian trading hours on Thursday, pressured by higher crude oil prices. Nonetheless, softer Canadian inflation data has raised prospects the Bank of Canada (BoC) would resume its interest rate cutting campaign, which could weigh on the Canadian Dollar (CAD) against the Greenback.Crude oil prices rebounds amid persistent tensions between the US and Iran. This, in turn, boost the commodity-linked Loonie. It is worth noting that Canada is a major oil-exporting country, and higher crude oil prices generally have a positive impact on the CAD. Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation eased to…

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The Pound (GBP) has been little moved following a string of UK inflation figures for January and remains trading right above 208.00 against the Japanese Yen (JPY), with the two-month lows of 207.22 at a short distance.UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) released earlier on Wednesday has shown a significant decline in inflation, providing some leeway for the Bank of England (BoE), to ease its monetary policy further. Headline inflation contracted 0.5% in January, reversing a 0.4% advance in December, while yearly inflation eased to 3.0% from 3.4% in the previous month, figures in line with the market consensus.UK retail prices…

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Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Global Head of Markets Strategy Elias Haddad expects the RBNZ to keep the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% while updating its projections. With inflation still elevated and the labor market improving, he anticipates the bank will bring forward its projected hikes. Swaps pricing of around 50 bps of tightening over twelve months is seen as supportive for NZD.OCR on hold but hikes signaled”The RBNZ is widely expected to leave the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.25% (today). The focus instead will be on the RBNZ’s updated OCR forecast.””In November, the RBNZ projected the OCR to…

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