戴比爾斯看好2017後半年鑽石市場
依照戴比爾斯2017年鑽石銷售業績的預測，將比2016年高。 所以鑽石的價格應該會比較穩定。有鑽戒或婚戒需求的朋友，可以詢問寶啾寶石坊。
The second half of 2017 will see slow but steady growth in diamond demand, according to De Beers' forecast. The company said that fall diamond jewelry sales in the U.S. are expected to rise modestly, while demand from India and China, which had been depressed, is likely to increase.
Company executives noted that rough prices have begun to rise as demand improves, even as the company has increased its rough sales some 7% by volume this year. The average price of rough sold at its five sights (cycles) was down an average of 12% through the first half of the year. That decline, according to De Beers, was caused by a shift toward smaller and lower quality goods, not a decline in the actual price of rough diamonds, which actually rose 4% on average.
The company said it is on track to produce and sell 32 to 33 million carats of diamonds this year, compared to 30 million carats in 2016.
The figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce support De Beers' optimism. An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy pick up speed in the second quarter, to double its growth rate to 2.6%. Consumer spending had been slow for the first several months of the year, as retail figures attest.
Forecasts from the Federal Reserve have the U.S. economy and consumer spending continuing to grow at a modest 2% rate through the remainder of the year. Weak business investment and stagnant wages, however, remain a drag on higher growth.
At the same time, U.S. consumer confidence made a strong jump in July, according to the Conference Board, a research firm that developed the Consumer Confidence Index. The index rose 5 percentage points as consumers grew more optimistic about the economy. The percentage of consumers expecting business conditions to improve over the next six months increased from 20.1% to 22.9%, while those expecting business conditions to worsen declined from 10% to 8.2%.
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