Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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De Beers Boosts Q2 Diamond Output

Gaborone: De Beers increased its output 7 percent year on year to 8.515 million carats in the second quarter of the year. The group was targeting an output of between 30 million and 32 million carats this year. Anglo American, which owns 85 percent of the diamond group, said in a statement that the increase was mainly due to higher

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GJEPC Launches 'Jewellers for Hope' Campaign

Mumbai: For the first time, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has initiated its first edition of ‘Jewellers for Hope’ campaign, a CSR activity with an objective to build a CSR fund that will be used to support various social causes. A charity dinner has been hosted by the GJEPC in Mumbai’s Grand Hyatt on Friday for the

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Sonam Kapoor Walks on Ramp to End IIJW

Mumbai: The 5th edition of 4-day India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) ended with a grand finale wherein Best of the Best Collections were displayed by gorgeous models. The ramp was set on fire when Brand Ambassador of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and cute Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor walked at the grand finale of the IIJW 2014 held

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31st Edition of the IIJS Inaugurated

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) inaugurated the 31st Edition of India International Jewellery Show today at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon – the paramount show for the trade in Asia. The show is being organized from 17th to 21st July 2014 and will have 35000 visitors, over 850 plus exhibitors and 1800 booths from India and Overseas.

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GJEPC Inducted into World Body

Dubai: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has added the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) as the largest member among its 31-member bourses across the globe. The decision was taken at the ongoing 37th World Diamond Congress at Dubai recently. The WFDB was set up in 1947 to unite diamond exchanges world-wide. It is the apex body

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KP Clearance for CAR and Venezuela

Dubai: Closing the final day of this week’s KP Intersessional, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, KP Chair, said, “I am particularly happy that the CAR Monitoring Team has by and large completed its verification and due diligence on the first shipment of the compliant zone of Berberati in the Central African Republic. The Working Group ‎of Monitoring took good notice of the

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Bruce Cleaver Appointed as CEO of De Beers Group

Gaborone: De Beers Group announces the appointment of Bruce Cleaver as CEO, following Philippe Mellier’s decision to step down after five years with the company. The appointment will take effect on 1 July 2016. Bruce Cleaver served as De Beers’ executive director responsible for strategy and commercial relationships until 2015, also serving as Co-Acting CEO for a year prior to

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PDE Becomes World Jewelry & Diamond Hub

Dubai: The Panama Diamond Exchange (PDE), Latin America’s first diamond bourse, will from now on be known as the “World Jewelry & Diamond Hub, Panama.” The move was approved by the General Assembly of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, during the 37th World Diamond Congress in Dubai, May 16-19. The change was announced by the Panamanian bourse’s president, Mahesh

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