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U.S. Jewelry Sales Rise Amid Higher Prices
Jan 31, 2017 3:20 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... U.S. jewelry sales increased last year while prices also climbed,
government data showed.
Sales grew 4.8 percent to $71.44 billion in 2016, data from
the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed. Watch sales jumped 5.3 percent to $9.45
billion, while combined sales of jewelry and timepieces advanced 4.8 percent to
$80.88 billion.
Sales at specialist jewelry stores advanced 3 percent to
$25.26 billion in the first 11 months of 2016, according to separate figures
from the U.S. Census Bureau, which lag by a month. November sales jumped 14
percent to $2.83 billion.
The increases came as the average U.S. consumer price index for
jewelry grew 6.2 percent in 2016, according to data from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Watch prices rose 5.2 percent, while prices of jewelry and
timepieces combined gained 5.7 percent. These hikes were despite lower diamond
prices, with the RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI™) for 1-carat polished diamonds
declining 5 percent last year.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer price index, data, jewelry prices, Jewelry sales, jewelry stores, prices, Rapaport News, U.S. Census Bureau, u.s. jewelry sales, Watch prices, Watch sales
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