Macroeconomics 1. [Automotive] Data released by the CPCA (China Passenger Car Association) shows that retail sales in the national passenger vehicle market totaled 1.541 million units

Macroeconomics 1. [PPI] National Bureau of Statistics: In August 2026, the national producer price index (PPI) for manufactured goods rose by 3.8% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month.

Recently, at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Uzbekistan, the ADB launched the "Critical Minerals to Manufacturing" financing partnership

【SHFE Aluminum】 Geopolitical risks overseas have resurfaced, and supply disruptions in the Middle East persist; the ramp-up of idled capacity is expected to be a slow

September 8 news, Canada's equivalent retaliatory tariffs against the United States officially took effect at local time on September 8. This move is Canada's reciprocal

According to a staff team statement released on September 4, EU Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourne has finalized the latest policy plan, intending to

Resource-rich Indonesia is expanding its aluminum production to address supply disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East. The country relies on its abundant

The cyclical fluctuations of the aluminum Shanghai-London ratio are essentially driven jointly by the impact of geopolitical events and the divergence between internal and external

An extremely rare super El Niño event is gradually taking shape, and the global commodity market is set to face a new round of supply

Canada's CAD 27.6 Billion Countermeasures: Tariffs Imposed on Copper and Aluminum Processed Products Canada has released a CAD 27.6 billion (about USD 20 billion) countermeasure list

Macroeconomics 1. [US Core PCE Price Index] The US core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.2% month-on-month in July, matching the forecast and up

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) released its latest announcement on August 26, stating that the repair progress of its Al Taweelah smelter has reached 25%. With

Macroeconomics 1. [Reverse Repo] The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it will conduct a 500-billion-RMB Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) operation on August 25. The

Macroeconomics 1. [US-Canada Trade] Trade negotiations between the US and Canada collapsed on August 22. As Canada failed to reach an agreement by the deadline, the

On August 7, 2026, Trump announced at the State Department Mining Roundtable that the United States would provide conditional loans totaling 3 billion US dollars

I. Macroeconomic Environment This week, the US July CPI rose 3.4% year-on-year, and core CPI rose 2.5%; both figures declined by 0.1 percentage point month-on-month, indicating

Macroeconomics 1. [LPR] Authorized by the People's Bank of China, the National Interbank Funding Center announced the Loan Prime Rates (LPR) for August 20, 2026: the

On August 19, London Metal Exchange (LME) non-ferrous metal inventory levels and changes were as follows: 1. Copper inventory: 235,975 tonnes, up 12,425 tonnes from the

1. [Nickel] A spokesperson for the Indonesian President stated that the planned "minerals and strategic commodities" exchange is expected to cover palm oil, nickel, and