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Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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Okavango Diamond Co. Appoints Yoram Dvash as Chairperson
Gaborone: Botswana’s state-owned rough diamond marketing firm, Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), has appointed former World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) president Yoram Dvash as chairperson of its board of directors. Dvash succeeds Gape Kaboyakgosi, who stepped down in November after leading the board for five years. Dvash brings deep industry leadership to the role, having headed the WFDB from 2020
Qatar Diamond Exchange Signs Strategic MoUs
The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, the Shanghai Diamond Exchange and the Tokyo Diamond Exchange during the 41st World Diamond Congress in Singapore. The agreements reflect QDE’s strategic focus on developing closer relationships with established diamond markets across Asia and creating new opportunities for trade and cooperation between Qatar
IDMA Mourns Passing of Vasant Mehta
Antwerp: The board and members of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) deeply mourn the passing of one of the global diamond industry’s and trade’s leaders and mentors, Mr. Vasant Mehta, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 81. Vasant served as IDMA’s Vice President from 1998-2000 and then from 2002-2008, on behalf of the Gem &
Shaping the Roadmap for India’s $100 Bln. G&J Future
Mumbai: Department of Commerce, in association with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), yesterday convened the ‘Chintan Shivir – 2040 Roadmap for Gems & Jewellery’, a high-level dialogue aimed at developing a comprehensive strategy to help India achieve its ambition of USD 100 billion in gems and jewellery (G&J) exports by 2040. The roadmap envisages an increase in
ABN AMRO Bank NV to Re-Enter India
Mumbai: European entity ABN AMRO Bank has applied to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for setting up operations in India, primarily for financing the gems and jewellery sector. The regulator has given it an ‘in-principle’ nod to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in India, reports Business Standard. Globally, ABN AMRO offers financial services to the diamond and jewellery sector through
De Beers to Upgrade Diamondview
Basel: De Beers said that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) will this week reveal details of an upgraded DiamondView at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) GemFest in Basel. The instrument generates a surface fluorescence image on any stone being tested, providing information on growth history from which synthetics can be identified, it said in a
RBI Further Restricts Gold Imports
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday instructed the banks not to sell gold imported on consignment basis to jewellers on outright basis. The clarification is expected to tighten gold imports. The RBI allowed banks to import gold on consignment basis and also allowed them to provide gold metal loans to jewellers. However, banks were found importing gold
GJEPC's Workshop on Octroi Refund Procedure
Mumbai: The Trade Policy department of GJEPC will be hosting a Workshop on April 7, 2015 to familiarize the trade with the new procedures for refund of octroi that have come into effect recently. Officials from the BMC’s Octroi department will make a presentation on the new online developments in the procedures related to e-filing. The presentation will be specifically
