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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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Gold-Silver Price-Setting Methods May Change
London: The decades-old methods for determining the daily benchmark prices for gold and silver seem set to change—the result of unwelcome attention from regulators and class-action lawsuits. Currently, the price of both metals is set at a daily teleconference by a number of prominent multinational banks—four in the case of gold, and three in the case of silver. However, the
CIBJO Gives Sustainability Frame for Pearl Sector
Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has presented an outline for sustainability in the cultured pearl sector, emphasizing that a comprehensive approach must be taken that addresses economic, environmental and social responsibility. He was speaking at the Sustainable Pearls Forum, which took place in Hong Kong on June 21. The cultured pearl industry provides an opportunity to introduce concepts that often
Gold Curb Relaxations on the Way…
New Delhi: The government of India has indicated that there is a need to ease norms for bullion imports to boost supplies and jewellery exports. “There is a need of rationalisation in (gold import) duty and (gold import) procedure….We have already made it clear that there is a need to look at the current gold import regime,” commerce secretary Rajeev
RBI's Credit Limit Troubles Diamond Units
Surat: At least 350 small and medium diamond companies in the world’s biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat are facing severe financial problems with Indian banks strictly implementing the 90 days credit limit for overseas payment to rough diamond dealers in Antwerp and Dubai for the past four months, reports The Times of India. The Gem and Jewellery
World Gold Council India CEO to Step Down
Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) has announced that Mr. Somasundaram PR, Regional CEO, India, will step down from his current position next year when his successor has been appointed. Mr. Somasundaram PR joined the WGC in January 2013 and during the last decade has played an instrumental part in supporting many of the India gold market’s structural reforms, from
Augmont Partners with Leading Brands
Mumbai: Augmont, India’s Gold Platform has forged strategic partnerships with some of the most esteemed brands like Home Credit, Kalyan Jewellers, PNG, ONeCode, and EbixCash to promote Digital Gold as a product. These collaborations are a significant step towards Augmont’s vision of revolutionising how customers engage with Digital Gold investments. Augmont has always been committed to innovation, and its belief
Plot Allotted for Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Bourse
Jaipur: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex trade body sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India has teamed up with the Jewellers Association Jaipur (JAJ) to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Board (JGJB) to implement the first-of-its-kind Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Bourse ‘dream project’. This global gemstone
Govt. of Wallonia invests €250,000 in iTraceiT
Hennuyeres, (Wallonia, Belgium): iTraceiT, an independent, third-party company specializing in traceability solutions and the creator of the world’s first digital diamond passport, has received a grant of €250,000 from the Walloon government’s investment fund W.IN.G (Wallonia Innovation and Growth). The funding will contribute toward the expansion of iTraceiT’s marketing and sales program and the company’s foothold in India and the
