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Diamonds and Platinum

Their prices have moved together.

Diamonds (commodity) and Platinum (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: jewellery demand

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Platinum is a common setting for diamond rings, so bridal jewellery demand links the two. The correlation is slight, monthly moves 0.16 and yearly changes slightly negative (-0.09), because platinum's price is driven mainly by cars.

  • 0.16 monthly change correlation
  • -0.09 12-month change correlation
  • -0.03 fitted elasticity

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