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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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IIJS Signature Attracts Int’l Buyers from Bahrain
Mumbai: The IIJS Signature team has successfully completed its first door-to-door campaign in Bahrain, inviting prominent retailers from the country to visit its upcoming show in Mumbai. At the popular India Pavilion within the Jewellery Arabia show, the team met, interacted and invited the leading retailers from Bahrain. The IIJS Signature team visited various jewellery hubs in Bahrain, including Bab
WDC Praises Determination of KP Participants
New York: World Diamond Council (WDC) President Feriel Zerouki struck a cautiously optimistic note at the conclusion of the 2023 Kimberley Process Plenary on November 10, 2023, at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, after the Plenary agreed on 98 items. President Zerouki noted that a real milestone has been set with the finalization of arrangements for the establishment of Permanent KP
iTraceiT Partners with Cutwise Group
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 entered into a partnership with the Cutwise Group to permit users of iTraceiT to integrate the data of the Cutwise “DiLog” report for the scans of polished diamonds into their workflow, and thus enhance the traceability of
JGTD 2024 Announces New Show dates, Venue
Dubai: Jewellery, Gem & Technology in Dubai (JGTD) is rescheduling its third edition to 12 – 14 November 2024 as it prepares to move to its new home in Halls 1 & 2 South of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC). The fair was originally set for 6 – 8 February 2024 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Situated in the Expo/District 2020 neighbourhood and community
WFDB Accepts Canada and S. Korea as New Members
Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has accepted the applications for membership of two bourses – the Canada Diamond Bourse and the South Korean diamond exchange. WFDB members approved the applications at the 36th World Diamond Congress in Antwerp which opened yesterday. The Congress is the bi-annual meeting of WFDB and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA). The
Diamond Mfrg. Industry Fighting for Survival: IDMA
Antwerp: “Diamond manufacturers worldwide are fighting for their survival. They are caught between – and battered by – the proverbial hammer, a rough diamond supply system that is foul and faulty – and the anvil, a vertically integrated financial structure that basically continues to bleed them,” Maxim Shkadov, president of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), the representative body of
Gold Prices Unlikely to Settle due to Iraq Tensions
Mumbai: With the turmoil in Ukraine almost gone from the headlines, gold’s status as a hard asset and storer of wealth in times of trouble lost some of its shine. But as Iraq spirals into all-out war and the US looks in danger of being pulled back into a conflict it has spent the last six years extricating itself from,
122.52 Carat Blue Diamond Found at Cullinan
Johannesburg: In what is shaping up to be one of most the amazing diamond finds in recent times, a 122.52 ct. blue diamond—the size of a walnut—has been discovered at the Cullinan mine in South Africa, said mine owner Petra Diamonds. Blue diamonds are ultrarare, as are stones weighing more than 100 cts.—making this, as Petra puts it, a “truly
