President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping have their first in-person meeting in about a year
This is the first time since 2017 that Xi has stepped foot on American soil. Although the US-China relationship is breaking, experts and U.S. officials caution not to expect markedly improved relations post-meeting. Mrs Yellen might be rather in favor of some kind of cooperation... Source image: Michel A.Arouet
China on Wednesday reported better-than-expected retail sales and industrial data for October, while the real estate drag worsened
- Retail sales grew by 7.6% last month from a year ago, above the 7% growth forecast by a Reuters poll. Retail sales, sports and other leisure entertainment products saw sales surge by 25.7% in October from a year ago, the data showed. Catering, as well as alcohol and tobacco, saw sales surge by double digits. Auto-related sales rose by 11.4% from a year ago. - Industrial production rose by 4.6% year-on-year in October, faster than the 4.4% pace predicted by the Reuters poll. - Fixed asset investment for the first 10 months of the year grew by 2.9% from a year ago, missing expectations for a 3.1% increase. - Investment into real estate fell by 9.3% during that time, a steeper decline than the 9.1% drop reported for the first nine months of the year. - The urban unemployment rate was 5%, the National Bureau of Statistics said. That was unchanged from September. The bureau has suspended reports of the unemployment rate for young people since summer. Source: CNBC
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a Eurasian entity uniting political, economic and security interests
It serves as a counterweight to Western influence in the region. Source: Visual Capitalist
China reserve gold holdings as per IMF
Source: Bloomberg
Japanese investors are selling US corporate debt at a record pace 👀
Source: Bloomberg
Explained: India’s Gold Demand During Diwali - by Elements, Visual Capitalist
In India, gold’s significance goes far beyond investment and jewelry. The yellow metal is woven into India’s cultural history and is revered by a population of over 1.3 billion.
Did you know that the biggest e-Commerce app in Asia AND EUROPE trades at 10X earnings?!
$BABA Source: A.J. Button
Chart of global fish catch per country -> China will account for 37% of the global catch by 2030
Chinese boats have expanded their capacity to harvest staggering amounts of catch in a single voyage. China subsidizes the fuel cost for fishing boats. That's what makes it economical for them to roam the oceans. The Chinese Pacific fishing fleet has grown more than 500 per cent to 564,000 vessels. Source: Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense News
