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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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"Diamonds Across Time" Book is Available Online!
London: “Diamonds Across Time,” the World Diamond Museum’s first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, is now available for purchase online. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned jewellery expert Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan. It includes 432 pages with 309 rich illustrations. She and nine other distinguished authors
J.A.D.E. by GJSCI Virtually Launched
Mumbai: J.A.D.E. (Jewellery Artificial Intelligence & Data-science Excellence) by Gems & Jewellery Skills Council of India (GJSCI) was launched in a virtual ceremony on 30th November 2020. The Chief Guest was Prof Chaudhuri (Director, IIT Bombay) and the Guest of Honor was Mr. Manish Kumar (MD & CEO, NSDC). JADE is a center of excellence for artificial intelligence focusing on
De Beers Announces Ambitious 2030 Goals
Mumbai:De Beers has announced 12 ambitious sustainability goals for the coming decade, including achieving gender parity throughout its workforce, supporting 10,000 women entrepreneurs in its diamond producing partner countries and being carbon neutral within its own operations by 2030. The 12 goals are part of De Beers’ Building Forever framework – a sustainability approach embedded in the business’s commercial strategy and focused on
Customs to Allow Shipments through Courier Mode
Mumbai: India’s Central Board of lndirect Taxes & Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has clarified that gems and jewellery (G&J) exports from the country could now take place through the courier mode, acceding to this long-standing demand of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to make B2C, small-value, e-commerce exports economically viable. Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC
Okavango Diamond Co. Appoints Yoram Dvash as Chairperson
Gaborone: Botswana’s state-owned rough diamond marketing firm, Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), has appointed former World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) president Yoram Dvash as chairperson of its board of directors. Dvash succeeds Gape Kaboyakgosi, who stepped down in November after leading the board for five years. Dvash brings deep industry leadership to the role, having headed the WFDB from 2020
Qatar Diamond Exchange Signs Strategic MoUs
The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, the Shanghai Diamond Exchange and the Tokyo Diamond Exchange during the 41st World Diamond Congress in Singapore. The agreements reflect QDE’s strategic focus on developing closer relationships with established diamond markets across Asia and creating new opportunities for trade and cooperation between Qatar
IDMA Mourns Passing of Vasant Mehta
Antwerp: The board and members of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) deeply mourn the passing of one of the global diamond industry’s and trade’s leaders and mentors, Mr. Vasant Mehta, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 81. Vasant served as IDMA’s Vice President from 1998-2000 and then from 2002-2008, on behalf of the Gem &
Shaping the Roadmap for India’s $100 Bln. G&J Future
Mumbai: Department of Commerce, in association with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), yesterday convened the ‘Chintan Shivir – 2040 Roadmap for Gems & Jewellery’, a high-level dialogue aimed at developing a comprehensive strategy to help India achieve its ambition of USD 100 billion in gems and jewellery (G&J) exports by 2040. The roadmap envisages an increase in
