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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
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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
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
GJEPC Charts $100 Bln. Export Vision for India’s G&J Sector
New Delhi: Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Chairman, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), was invited to attend the meeting organized with selected representatives of various industry sectors that contribute majorly to India’s merchandise exports chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi at New Delhi, on 3rd November 2025. Mr. Kirit Bhansali was representing the Gems & Jewellery sector that contributes 7%
Registrations for CIBJO Congress Now Open
Milan: Registrations for the 2026 congress of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) via the dedicated congress website located at: www.cibjo.org/congress-2026/ are now open. The congress will take place in Vicenza, Italy, from Friday, September 4, 2026, through Monday, September 7, 2026. The milestone event has been declared the Centenary Congress, and it will mark 100 years since CIBJO’s establishment in 1926.
GJEPC Organises Series of Virtual Buyer Seller Meets
Mumbai: Diamond studded Jewellery Virtual Buyer Seller Meet (VBSM) is held from 17th to 19th March 2021. This will be followed by Loose Diamond VBSM (to be held from 24th – 26th March 2021) and later by Platinum Jewellery VBSM Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the gems and jewellery trade in India, in its endeavor to
Reena Ahluwalia Launches Diamond Watch Collection
Hong Kong: Celebrating our inner brilliance, jewelry & watch designer and diamond painter Reena Ahluwalia has launched her first ever diamond watch collection. In her signature style, the timepieces spotlight mesmerizing diamond paintings by Reena on the dial in 3D. The watches are designed by Reena as Wrist Art. The central message is carried by her diamond painting for all
GJEPC Organises India Rough Gemstone Sourcing Show
Jaipur: Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of Gems & Jewellery trade in India, inaugurated the India Rough Gemstones Sourcing Show 2021 (IRGSS 2021) in the presence of Mr. S. C. Agrawal, Commissioner of Customs, Jaipur along with GJEPC Regional Chairman (Rajasthan Region) Mr. Nirmal Kumar Bardiya, and CoA members Mr. Vijay Kedia, Mr. Ram Babu
Global LGD Output to Touch 19.2 mln. Carats by 2030
Mumbai: India is set to become a major hub for production as well as processing of laboratory-grown diamonds (LGDs). Thanks to technological breakthroughs, cost-efficient production of gem-quality stones and growing consumer awareness of synthetic diamonds, India’s LGD output is estimated to have reached 1.5 million carats in 2020, according to a report by consulting firm Bain & Co. India accounts
