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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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From London to Athens, GJEPC Builds New Export Opportunities
London: Representing India’s gem & jewellery industry (G&J), the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) Vice Chairman Mr. Shaunak Parikh joined the high-level business delegation led by India’s Commerce & Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal to the UK and Greece. In the UK, GJEPC championed the industry’s priorities as the India–UK FTA paves the way for gem & jewellery
Candere Announces Smriti Mandhana as its New Brand Ambassador
Mumbai: Candere, the lifestyle jewellery brand from the House of Kalyan Jewellers, has announced celebrated Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its new brand ambassador. Joining Shahrukh Khan as the face of the brand, Smriti’s association marks a significant step in Candere’s journey to strengthen its connect with young, modern Indian consumers. One of India’s most accomplished cricketers, Smriti has built
GJEPC Urges RBI to Ease Banking Norms to Boost G&J Exports
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to introduce a series of banking and regulatory reforms to strengthen the competitiveness of India’s gem and jewellery (G&J) exports. The Council’s recommendations focus on improving exporters’ access to working capital, reducing compliance bottlenecks, streamlining banking procedures and creating a more facilitative regulatory
GJEPC Highlights Key Policy Priorities at Meeting with CIM
New Delhi: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) highlighted the industry’s key policy priorities during a meeting chaired by Mr. Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, with Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) and industry associations in New Delhi on 24 June to review the Export Promotion Mission (EPM). Ashish Borda, Convenor – PMBD, GJEPC, and Sabyasachi
De Beers Recovers from Loss
London: De Beers turned a 2020 loss of $102m into a profit of $345m last year, as the post-Covid recovery continued. The loss in 2020 was the first since 2008. Profit in pre-pandemic 2019 was $45m. Rough production during 2021 increased by 29 per cent year-on-year to 32.3m, said parent company Anglo American in financial results announced. Total revenue increased
Angola Considering to Build Second Diamond Hub
Dubai: Angola is considering building a second diamond in Lunda Norte Province once vacancies are filled at the Saurimo hub, according to media reports. Mineral resources minister Diamantino Azevedo was quoted as saying at the just ended Dubai Diamond Conference that the hub and the country’s diamond sector were open to international investments. The Saurimo hub, also in Lunda Norte
14th IIJS Signature Does Business of about Rs. 5000 cr.
Mumbai: The 14th edition of IIJS Signature 2022, organised by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO, Mumbai, concluded successfully on 21st February. The show witnessed nearly 950 exhibitors who occupied 1,470 booths spread across four exhibition halls. There were more than 17242 visitors, including 571 international visitors and delegations from USA, UAE, Egypt, Nepal, Uzbekistan,
IIGJ Introduces Origin Certification Service for Emeralds
Jaipur: IIGJ-Research & Laboratories Centre (IIGJ-RLC) is the new brand identity after the merger of two well-established laboratories operated by India’s Gem & Jewellery export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the Gem Testing Laboratory (GTL, Jaipur) and the Indian Gemmological Institute – Gem Testing Laboratory (IGI-GTL, Delhi). The laboratory has now emerged as the leading facility in the country for certification of loose
