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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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India China Block Each Other's Imports-Exports
Mumbai: As the tensions between India and China continue to rise after the military standoff at Ladakh, a fierce trade war between the two countries is looming, and imports and exports are already being affected. ‘India Today’ reports that while in India, the call to boycott Chinese goods is sounding louder and louder, exporters are experiencing trouble to export goods
NDC to be Truely Consumer Centric: David Kellie
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has been recently re launched as the Natural Diamond Council (NDC). The NDC will continue the DPA’s mandate to promote the desirability of natural diamonds and support the integrity of the diamond jewelry industry. CEO of the NDC Mr. David Kellie here talks to gems2jewellery.com about its plans and future strategy. Responding to a question,
Indian Customs Implements Paperless Exports
New Delhi: The procedure for exports from India has been transformed into an end to end paperless process with the introduction of a Secure QR coded Shipping Bill that will be dispatched electronically to exporters, the Ministry of Finance, Government of India announced in a statement released yesterday. It said that from June 22, 2020, the end to end Customs
India’s G&J Exports Fell by 83% in April-May 2020
Mumbai: India’s gross exports of gems and jewellery (G&J) during the months of April and May 2020 dipped significantly to US$ 572.18 million, down 83.68% as compared to the same months a year earlier, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The slump, as a result of the total closure of all manufacturing
CIBJO Releases Colored Stone Special Report
Milan: With fewer than five weeks to go to the opening of the 2014 CIBJO Congress in Moscow on May 19, 2014, the fourth of the CIBJO commissions Special Reports has been released, as stated in a press brief. Prepared by the CIBJO Colored Stone Commission, headed by Nilam Alawdeen, the report focusses on the proper disclosure of gemstone treatments and
Indias Silver Jewellery Exports Double
Mumbai: A shortage of gold as a raw material and the consequent decline in gold jewellery exports appears to have opened up new avenues of growth for silver jewellery in India, reports Mineweb. Indias silver jewellery exports rose 45.33% to $84.1 million in February 2014, and jumped 89% in the 11-month period to $1.35 billion, according to data from the Gem
AGL Celebrates Five Years under New Management
New York, 15th April: American Gemological Laboratories (AGL), a provider of high-quality gemstone analysis and reporting is celebrating its five-year anniversary under the stewardship of Christopher P. Smith. “Five years ago, AGL was re-privatized during one of the most difficult periods the US and world financial markets have experienced in recent decades. AGL, however, had a good reputation and we did
Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India
Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have
