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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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Fiera di Vicenza and WDM Sign MoU
Vicenza: The Fiera di Vicenza, Europe’s leading jewellery trade fair organizer, and the World Diamond Mark Foundation (WDM), a non-for-profit organization established in 2012 by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), secured collaboration in the realm of diamond and diamond jewellery promotion and marketing. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Saturday during the international press conference of VICENZAORO,
ALROSA is Waiting India’s SNZ to Form
Moscow: ALROSA is waiting for the Special Notified Zone (SNZ) in India to finish forming itself, said the company’s president Andrei Zharkov to RIA Novosti. “There is a special area in India now, aimed at providing the key to expanding the presence of suppliers of rough in the local market. There are preferential customs conditions there for supply of rough
Gem-A Gets JTV as Conference Platinum Sponsors
London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) has announced that the American jewellery TV giant, Jewelry Television (JTV) will be the Platinum Sponsor for its upcoming Conference 2015 incorporating the Federation for European Education in Gemmology’s (FEEG) 18th International Symposium of Gemmology, held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in Marylebone, London from 21–22 November 2015. Welcoming
GIA Plans Melee Screening Service
Ramat Gan: The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) lab will soon have the ability to mass-screen smaller stones to check for synthetics, chief laboratory and research officer Thomas M. Moses said in a speech delivered Aug. 31 at the Israel Diamond Exchange. “Later this year, we will be taking delivery of our first high-speed screening [device] for small diamonds,” Moses
Kirit Bhansali Joins India’s High Level Delegation
Mumbai: Mr. Kirit Bhansali , Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), joins Mr. Piyush Goyal , Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry; Dr. S. Jaishankar , Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs; Mr. Jitin Prasada , Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Commerce & Industry; and Ms. Karen Rentmeesters , CEO, AWDC, at
First Jewellery Export Consignment to the UK Under India–UK CETA
Mumbai: Mumbai, India’s financial capital and the country’s premier hub for gem and jewellery exports, yesterday marked a historic milestone with the flagging off of the first jewellery export consignment to the United Kingdom under the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The Mumbai flag-off forms part of a nationwide initiative being held across Delhi, Surat, Jaipur, Chennai and
IIJS Premiere: Overseas Buyers Passport Scheme for Int’l Buyers
Mumbai: For the IIJS Bharat Premiere 2026, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has launched an exclusive Overseas Buyers Passport Scheme. Participating International buyers can win a fixed flight reimbursement of USD 525 through a lucky draw. This initiative has been designed to encourage overseas buyers to explore a wider range of exhibitors across the show, thereby fostering
India-UK Buyer Seller Meet Concludes Successfully
London: The India-UK Jewellery Buyer-Seller Meet 2026 concluded successfully, bringing together 20 leading Indian gem & jewellery manufacturers and prominent UK buyers to explore new business opportunities and strengthen bilateral trade ties. Held at the Arsenal Executive Box, Emirates Stadium, London, the two-day meet served as a dynamic platform for meaningful networking, strategic partnerships, and high-value business discussions. With the
