Traders closed the US federal funds rate in future positions before the release of key data. The federal funds futures market continued to be active on Monday, and capital flows were sold off in the US market in early trading. Then the open positions of January and February contracts fell, indicating that the market closed before the release of November CPI data on Wednesday.Daiwa Capital Markets: The price of lithium may fall further in the first half of 2025. Daiwa Capital Markets said in a research report to customers that the global lithium supply is expected to increase by 12-28% in 2025-2026, which is due to the increase in production in major regions such as Argentina, Australia and Africa. However, the team warned that lithium prices may still be under pressure due to oversupply. At present, the price of LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent) in China is about 78,000 yuan/ton, but Yamato predicts that the price of LCE will be reduced to 75,000 yuan/ton by 2025 due to the increase in the output of low-cost mines. Yamato said: "The current price of lithium is not enough to prevent low-cost mines from increasing production." The demand for lithium, especially for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS), is expected to slow down. Yamato believes that the slowdown in demand growth, coupled with the increase in supply, indicates that lithium prices may be difficult to maintain their recent highs.Wang Zhonglin, Governor of Hubei Province had a discussion with He Xiaopeng, Chairman of Xpeng Motors. On the morning of December 9, Wang Zhonglin, Deputy Secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Governor, had a discussion with He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors. Wang Zhonglin expressed the hope that Xpeng Motors will continue to deepen its cooperation with Hubei, further increase its investment layout in Hubei, expand cooperation space in new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, low-altitude economy, humanoid robots and other fields, promote more new technologies and new products to land in Hubei, and help Hubei forge ahead in promoting scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new quality productivity. He Xiaopeng said that Xpeng Motors will continue to regard Hubei as the key area of business layout, further increase its investment in Hubei, actively promote the transformation and upgrading of Hubei's automobile industry and the development and growth of emerging industries, and make new and greater contributions to accelerating the establishment of Hubei as an important strategic fulcrum for the rise of central China.
China's annual export rate in November was 5.8%, the previous value was 11.20%. China's annual import rate in November was -4.7%, while the previous value was -3.70%.General Administration of Customs: In the first 11 months, the import and export of private enterprises was 21.99 trillion yuan, accounting for 55.3% of China's total foreign trade. According to the data of the General Administration of Customs, in the first 11 months, the import and export of private enterprises was 21.99 trillion yuan, up 8.7%, accounting for 55.3% of China's total foreign trade, up 2 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, the export was 14.86 trillion yuan, up 9.2%, accounting for 64.5% of China's total export value; Imports amounted to 7.13 trillion yuan, up 7.9%, accounting for 42.6% of China's total import value. In the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 11.67 trillion yuan, up by 1.1%, accounting for 29.3% of China's total foreign trade. Among them, exports were 6.36 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.1%; Imports reached 5.31 trillion yuan, down 0.1%. The import and export of state-owned enterprises was 6.04 trillion yuan, down 0.7%, accounting for 15.2% of China's total foreign trade. Among them, the export was 1.79 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.9%; Imports were 4.25 trillion yuan, down 2.5%. (General Administration of Customs)In the first 11 months, the export of mechanical and electrical products was 13.7 trillion yuan, up 8.4%. According to the data of the General Administration of Customs, in the first 11 months of this year, the export of mechanical and electrical products was 13.7 trillion yuan, up 8.4%, accounting for 59.5% of China's total export value in the same period. The export of containers and agricultural machinery increased by 108.7% and 23.1% respectively; The export of ships and motorcycles increased by 65.3% and 24.8% respectively; Exports of flat panel display modules, automatic data processing equipment and their parts increased by 20% and 11.4% respectively. In terms of imports, in the first 11 months of this year, the imports of energy products and mineral products increased by 6.3% and 4.3% respectively; Imports of mechanical and electrical products reached 6.35 trillion yuan, up by 7.5%, of which aircraft parts and electronic components increased by 13.7% and 10.5% respectively. (CCTV News)
Shibor reported 1.4700% overnight, down 4.6 basis points; In 7 days, shibor reported 1.7840%, up 4.8 basis points; In three months, shibor reported 1.7480%, down 0.5 basis point.President Lukashenko of Belarus: There are about 30 locations in Belarus where Oreshnik missiles can be deployed.French military spokesman: It will still take several weeks to finalize the timetable for France's further withdrawal from Chad.