Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion

Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the

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Silver Leads the Recovery: Bearish Move Shows First Signs of Exhaustion

Macro Snapshot: The week ending May 1 was dominated by Powell’s final FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which delivered the headline outcome markets expected — a hold at 3.50-3.75% — but with a far more contentious internal split than anticipated. The committee voted 8-4 to hold (some sources reported 11-1, but the dissent count of four is firmer), with Stephen Miran preferring an immediate quarter-point cut and three others — Hammack, Kashkari, Logan — supporting the hold but opposing the

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2017 Jewelry Industry Summit Announces Agenda

Tucson: The 2017 Jewelry Industry Summit, an open forum on sustainability and responsible sourcing, will take place Jan. 29–30 in Tucson. The 2017 meeting will be the second edition of the conference. The agenda includes two days of morning and afternoon sessions with speakers and small group meetings. Speakers include Lisa Manley of Cone Communications, Thea Polancic of both ClearSpace

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IDTC-SNZ Commemorates Year of Its Operations

Mumbai: India Diamond Trading Centre (IDTC), the only Special Notified Zone (SNZ) in the country commemorated its first year of successful operations on 20th December 2016 with participation of over 400 companies in 28 Diamond viewing sessions. The SNZ was created with an objective of ease of doing business in India, making available regular supply of rough diamonds from the

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India May Reduce Import Duty on Gold

New Delhi: The Government of India is likely to lower existing import duty on gold from 10% to 6%, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting agencies. This even as there were on-record comments from the government as early as December declining any proposal to cut duty on gold. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 on the development, Sanjeev Bhatia, CFO of PC Jewellers said this would

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India's G&J Exports Decline to 20.4% in Nov

Mumbai: India’s exports of gold jewellery (both studded and plain) also slowed down in Nov.2016 declining by 35% to $547.5 mn compared to $844.67 mn in Nov.2015, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The exports from the gem and jewellery sector during Nov.2016 stood at $2.47 bn, a decline of 20.4% over

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2017 Jewelry Industry Summit Announces Agenda

Tucson: The 2017 Jewelry Industry Summit, an open forum on sustainability and responsible sourcing, will take place Jan. 29–30 in Tucson. The 2017 meeting will be the second edition of the conference. The agenda includes two days of morning and afternoon sessions with speakers and small group meetings. Speakers include Lisa Manley of Cone Communications, Thea Polancic of both ClearSpace

Read More »

IDTC-SNZ Commemorates Year of Its Operations

Mumbai: India Diamond Trading Centre (IDTC), the only Special Notified Zone (SNZ) in the country commemorated its first year of successful operations on 20th December 2016 with participation of over 400 companies in 28 Diamond viewing sessions. The SNZ was created with an objective of ease of doing business in India, making available regular supply of rough diamonds from the

Read More »

India May Reduce Import Duty on Gold

New Delhi: The Government of India is likely to lower existing import duty on gold from 10% to 6%, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting agencies. This even as there were on-record comments from the government as early as December declining any proposal to cut duty on gold. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 on the development, Sanjeev Bhatia, CFO of PC Jewellers said this would

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India's G&J Exports Decline to 20.4% in Nov

Mumbai: India’s exports of gold jewellery (both studded and plain) also slowed down in Nov.2016 declining by 35% to $547.5 mn compared to $844.67 mn in Nov.2015, according to provisional data released by The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The exports from the gem and jewellery sector during Nov.2016 stood at $2.47 bn, a decline of 20.4% over

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