Survey by Monetary Authority of Singapore: Economists have lowered Singapore's non-oil domestic export growth forecast from 3.0% to 1.0% in 2024.Yanshan Technology has set up a new subsidiary in Shanghai. According to the enterprise search APP, Shanghai Yunsong Technology Co., Ltd. was recently established with Zhang Weiming as the legal representative and a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes technical services, technical development, technical consultation, technical exchange, technology transfer and technology promotion. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is wholly owned by Yanshan Technology.Citigroup: cut the iron ore price forecast from $110 per ton to $100 per ton.
Chilean Mining Association (SONAMI): Chile's copper production is expected to remain stable this year.According to a survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's GDP growth rate is expected to be 3.6% in 2024 (previously 2.6%) and 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (previously 2.2%).Before the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, it released chaotic signals. Japanese traders were confused about when to raise interest rates. After the Bank of Japan officials' remarks and media reports sent different signals, traders have been confused about when the central bank might raise interest rates in the past week. This kind of confusion led to sharp fluctuations in the market's interest rate hike bets. The overnight index swap pricing showed that the probability of raising interest rates in December was 22%, which was significantly lower than 60% at the beginning of last week. This week, the yen fell from 150 last Friday to a low of 152.18 to the dollar, and the exchange rate was 151.73 at 10:40 Tokyo time. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview last month that the interest rate hike was approaching. A few days later, a report by the news agency emphasized the concern of the central bank about raising interest rates prematurely. Tomaki Nakamura, a member of the Dove Policy Committee, said last week that he was not opposed to raising interest rates, but this month's policy decision must consider data factors.
The activity index of MBA mortgage application in the week from December 6 in the United States was 225.5, with the previous value of 213.9. The interest rate of MBA30-year fixed mortgage loan in the week from December 6 in the United States was 6.67%, and the previous value was 6.69%. The index of MBA mortgage refinancing activity in the week from December 6 in the United States was 634, with the previous value of 498.5. The MBA mortgage purchase index of the United States in the week to December 6 was 154.9, with the previous value of 161.5.Vietnam Customs: From January to November, Vietnam exported US$ 14.4 billion, up 14.4% year-on-year; Imports reached US$ 16.4 billion, up 16.4% year-on-year.The Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission issued the Action Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of Scientific Instruments and Reagents in Shanghai (2025-2027), which was formulated by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission to promote the innovative development of the scientific instruments and reagents industry in Shanghai. Adhere to the working idea of "following the development law, facing the needs of the industry, strengthening superior products, cultivating and expanding enterprises, and creating a development ecology", adhere to the product as the traction, strengthen key core technology research, vigorously cultivate first-class enterprises, and promote the high-quality development of the industry. By 2027, 1-2 technical test and verification platforms will be built, and more than 5 application scenarios and user experience centers will be built. The scientific and technological innovation ability of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents in our city will be further enhanced, and the industrial innovation ecology will be further improved. More than 5 leading scientific and technological enterprises in subdivided tracks will be cultivated, and more than 5 scientific instruments and 10 scientific research reagents reaching the international leading level will be formed. The industrial output value of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents will be about 45 billion yuan.