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Despite the Fed’s First Rate Hike Since 2023, Indian Gold & Silver Rise as Oil Drives Prices
Macro Snapshot: Federal Reserve raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75% to 4.00% on 16 September, a unanimous 12-0 vote and the first increase since July 2023. Updated projections showed 16 of 18 participants expecting at least one further hike before the end of 2026, put the median path at 4.1% for both 2026 and 2027, and pencilled headline PCE inflation at 3.7% for 2026 with no return to the 2% target until 2029. Bond and currency
Despite the Fed’s First Rate Hike Since 2023, Indian Gold & Silver Rise as Oil Drives Prices
Macro Snapshot: Federal Reserve raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75% to 4.00% on 16 September, a unanimous 12-0 vote and the first increase since July 2023. Updated projections showed 16 of 18 participants expecting at least one further hike before the end of 2026, put the median path at 4.1% for both 2026 and 2027, and pencilled headline PCE inflation at 3.7% for 2026 with no return to the 2% target until 2029. Bond and currency
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Zimbabwe Diamond Output, Sales Dipped in 2013
Harare: Zimbabwe’s diamond output declined 26.1 percent to 8.9 million carats last year, according to Equity Communications, reports Rough&Polished. The Harare-based research company said in a statement emailed told Rough&Polished that Zimbabwe was the only “major” diamond producer, which experienced a “sharp” decline in production and sales last year. It said diamond production in the Southern African country took a knock
JNA Awards 2014: Deadline for Entries Extended to 8th May
Hong Kong: JNA Awards, the annual industry-wide event that honors the innovators and leaders of the international jewellery industry, with a focus on their achievements and contribution in Asia, has now extended the deadline for accepting entries up to 8th May, 2014, an official press release issued by the organizer says. Individuals or companies may submit their entries or on behalf
CIBJO Releases Colored Stone Special Report
Milan: With fewer than five weeks to go to the opening of the 2014 CIBJO Congress in Moscow on May 19, 2014, the fourth of the CIBJO commissions Special Reports has been released, as stated in a press brief. Prepared by the CIBJO Colored Stone Commission, headed by Nilam Alawdeen, the report focusses on the proper disclosure of gemstone treatments and
Indias Silver Jewellery Exports Double
Mumbai: A shortage of gold as a raw material and the consequent decline in gold jewellery exports appears to have opened up new avenues of growth for silver jewellery in India, reports Mineweb. Indias silver jewellery exports rose 45.33% to $84.1 million in February 2014, and jumped 89% in the 11-month period to $1.35 billion, according to data from the Gem
IIJS Bharat Premiere 2026 Opens with New FTAs, New Markets
Mumbai: The 42nd edition of IIJS Bharat Premiere opened at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, today, against the most favourable trade backdrop the Indian gem and jewellery industry has ever known. A succession of free trade agreements — with the UAE, Australia, Oman and the United Kingdom, with the European Union and New Zealand to follow — has redrawn
BDB Hosts Presentation on Fluorescence in Natural Diamonds by GIA Experts
Mumbai: In the latest round of Leadership Series talks hosted by Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), two senior experts from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)-Mr. Sriram Natarajan, Senior Vice President, Global Laboratory Operations, GIA, and Dr. Yun Luo, Director, Metrology and Quality Control, GIA, highlighted some of the institute’s latest scientific research into the impact of fluorescence on the appearance of natural
INNOV8: Innovative Seminars at IIJS Premiere
Mumbai: The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Bharat Premiere 2026, being held by GJEPC between 5th & 10th August at two different venues of Mumbai has, as usual also organized the Innov8, a series of innovative seminar at both the venues. The schedule is given below: Some of the key sessions at BEC Hall 6 include:6 Aug: Luxury Jewellery, Retail
Qatar Diamond Exchange Joins the WFDB
Doha: The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has officially been admitted as a member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), the exclusive organization that – as of now – unites 27 diamond bourses on five continents under common trading rules and a shared code of conduct. QDE’s admission was announced during the 41st World Diamond Congress, convened by the
