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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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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Pre-Budget Recommendations by GJF

Mumbai: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the national trade federation for the promotion and growth of trade in Gems and Jewellery (G&J) sector across India, has urged Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley to abolish 80:20 rule for gold import, which allows only the nominated agencies to import gold on the condition that 20 per cent

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"Be Sensitive To Festival Dates": WFDB

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) is calling on international trade fair organizers to “be sensitive to dates” when scheduling events so they don’t fall on religious festivals and thus prevent some industry members from taking part. “The fast expanding number of trade shows and exhibitions held across the world has often been scheduled in such a way

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AGS Launches Virtual Guild

New York: The American Gem Society (AGS) has launched a virtual guild, which is open to all members of the trade. The first GoTo Guilds meeting will be a presentation by Peter Yantzer, executive director of AGS Laboratories, on “Light Performance 101,” an in-depth primer on the American Gem Society’s Light Performance Cut Grade on July 8. “Originally, the intention

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Quality Label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’

Antwerp: The City of Antwerp and the AWDC awarded three additional Antwerp jewelers the quality label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’, indicating they meet the strictest requirements in terms of quality, service and transparency. Antwerp’s Most Brilliant was launched earlier this year and collects the city’s most qualitative and reliable jewellers, living up to Antwerp’s reputation as a diamond centre of excellence.

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Zim has Info on Diamonds Hidden By De Beers

Harare: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said his government has managed to obtain information on the diamond sector that had been hidden by De Beers. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with the state broadcaster, Mugabe who recently turned 91, said “clever people” had stolen the papers and gave them to Harare. “We know of diamonds that had been discovered by De

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Gold Scheme Can Fetch Rs. 1 Lakh Crore: SBI

Mumbai: Describing the proposed gold deposit scheme as “game changer”, the SBI’s economic research department has said it will help attract at least Rs. 1 lakh crore in deposits on the precious metal, reports The Economic Times. The proposed introduction of a gold deposit scheme is a big positive and conservative estimates show that the monetary value of gold deposits

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Gemfields’ Auction Totals $14.5 Million

London: Gemfields’ latest auction of emerald and beryl has raised $14.5 million. The gemstone miner announced that the average price realized in the auction of stones from Kagem was $3.72 per carat, which it says was a new record for lower quality auctions. Of the 10.1 million carats that were offered for sale in Lusaka, 3.9 million carats were sold

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Industry Disappointed with India's Budget

Mumbai: Mailbox of the gems2jewellery.com has been flooded with reactions of trade bodies and industry leaders expressing their ‘unhappiness’ over the latest budgetary proposals made by the Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. Here we produce them under one compiled news item: Mr. Vipul Shah, Chairman of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) says: Our congratulations to the

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