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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FTAs Offer Immense Export Opportunity for Indian Jewellery

Jaipur: The Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India recently organized a focused outreach programme on “Leveraging FTAs for the Gems & Jewellery (G&J) Sector” in Jaipur, in partnership with the Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Exporters, manufacturers, MSMEs and other industry stakeholders participated in the programme. The workshop is part of the Government’s

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Golconda & Ancient Diamonds: A Historical Perspective

Singapore: On the third day of 41st World Diamond Congress, on July 15, distinguished jewellery historian and author, Dr. Usha Balakrishnan, of Mumbai, India, will be presenting a lecture entitled “Golconda and Ancient Diamonds – A Historical Perspective. ” “For nearly 2,000 years, every diamond the world had ever seen came from a mystical land, now known as India. These

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Call for African Unity to Defend Natural Diamond Industry

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Against a backdrop of mounting concern over the future of Africa’s diamond sector, ministers from leading diamond-producing nations convened in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on May 20, 2026, to address a challenge that is rapidly transforming the global jewellery landscape—the growing dominance of laboratory-grown diamonds. A key voice at the Council of Ministers meeting of the African Diamond

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Resilient Growth for Platinum Jewellery in 2025

Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI) presented its annual Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR) in an online presentation, themed “A year of resilience”. The review set out platinum jewellery demand across key markets in 2025 and the outlook for 2026, describing an exceptional year for platinum jewellery that was best characterized as a year of resilience.   Mr. Tim Schlick, CEO of PGI, reviewed

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Nadja Swarovski Steps Down from the Company

London: Nadja Swarovski, a member of the Swarovski executive board and chair of the Swarovski foundation, has stepped down from the company, effective from the end of December. Having joined the family business in 1995, Nadja Swarovski became the group’s first female member of the executive board and built partnerships with more than 200 leading designers in the fields of fashion, jewellery,

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India’s CPD Exports Continue to Grow

Mumbai: The overall gem and jewellery exports for November 2021 witnessed a decline of 7.65% to US$ 2384.95 million (declined 3.72 % in rupee terms to Rs. 17784.92 Crore) as compared to US$ 2582.39 million (Rs. 18471.31 Crore) in November 2019. The decline was expected due to break in manufacturing activity during Diwali. However, for the period of April to November 2021,

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Banks Recover ₹ 13,100 Crore from Wilful Defaulters

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday said that banks have recovered ₹  13,109.17 crore from asset sale of fugitives like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. She said this while replying to a discussion on the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants which was approved by the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the Opposition over various issues. The Supplementary

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Piyush Goyal Lays Foundation of Mega CFC at Seepz

Mumbai: Honourable Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Mr. Piyush Goyal laid foundation stone for Mega Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone Special Economic Zone on Saturday in the presence of Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman GJEPC and Mr. Shyam Jagannathan, The Zonal Development Commissioner SEEPZ, SEZ along with

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