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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GJEPC Explores Growth Opportunities in Latin America

Mumbai: The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has organised a Latin American delegation visit from 21st to 29th May 2024. The delegation will tour Brazil (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Colombia (Bogotá), and Panama (Panama City). The visit aims to explore markets to boost India’s exports in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Led by Mr.

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PGI Creates Jewellery Demand that Otherwise would not Exist

Hong Kong: Creating an ounce of demand in platinum jewellery requires deliberate actions that can incorporate various differences along the product journey, according to the latest insights from the 2024 Platinum Jewellery Business Review by Platinum Guild International (PGI), the global marketing organisation dedicated to creating and strengthening the market for platinum jewellery. “Driving sales and value for platinum jewellery

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WDC Welcomes Support for Listing Countries of Mining Origin on KP Certificates

Dubai: The World Diamond Council (WDC) concluded the 2024 Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional with a renewed commitment to ethical practices, transparency and industry reform. The event, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, brought together key stakeholders to discuss the future of the diamond industry under the theme, “Year of Delivery.” In her closing remarks, WDC President Feriel Zerouki honored the late

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India’s Plain Gold Jewellery Exports Grew 27.45% in April

Mumbai: India’s export of plain gold jewellery continues to soar, marking a significant 27.45% increase, reaching USD 342.27 million in April 2024, compared to USD 268.56 million in the same month the previous year. The overall exports of gems and jewellery declined 11.37% to USD 2074.85 million in April 2024, as compared to the same period the previous year. However,

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De Beers Briefs NY Banking Community

New York: Rough diamond supplies are likely to plateau by 2020 and then significantly decline during the following decade, according to Howard Davies, the head of commercial development for De Beers, who briefed members of the New York banking community recently about fundamentals affecting the state of the diamond market. Estimated global rough production, according to De Beers projections, will

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DDC, IDE Create 'Diamond Supply Platform'

New York: The Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) of New York and the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) are creating an unparalleled “Diamond Supply Platform” on the trading floor of the DDC, at a time that North American diamond buyers need it most, DDC’s president, Reuven Kaufman, and IDE’s president, Shmuel Schnitzer, said in a joint statement recently. The two pledged to

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Gem-A Confirms Two New Conference Speakers

London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A)) has announced two new extra-special speakers for the Gem-A Conference 2014 from 1 – 4 November at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Joining the confirmed group of 13 top-international speakers, world-renowned specialist Dr Franz Herzog will run two exclusive workshops on Chemical Analysis using a portable Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence device

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Rough Prices May See 5-10% Correction

Mumbai: Even as diamond companies are starved of funds, with Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB) shutting shop in India and Standard Chartered Bank reducing exposure, a correction in the prices of rough and polished diamonds is likely, reports Business Standard. Vipul Shah, chairman of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said, “The prices of both rough and polished diamonds

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