[October 14 SMM Steel City Morning News] the trade war is almost over, macro improvement to help steel prices * Hebei Province launched the second round of environmental protection supervision

Published: Oct 14, 2019 09:04

Monday, 14 October 2019

Breakfast news

Rising factor

1. Trump: China-US economic and trade consultations have achieved substantial results in the first phase, and are "very close" to the end of the trade war.

Us President Donald Trump said today that he believes the United States and China are "very close" to ending the trade war, and that the agreement to be reached between the two countries is beneficial to both the United States and China and the world. Trump answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on the US-China economic and trade consultations in the Oval Office of the White House that afternoon. "I think we are very close [to ending the trade war]," he said in response to a reporter's question. I think this is a very important stage. " In the course of answering the question, Trump also mentioned that he is very pleased to see that the first phase of the US-China economic and trade consultations has achieved substantial results, which is a great benefit to both the United States and China and to the world. (Xinhua News Agency)

two。 Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government launch the second round of eco-environmental protection inspectors

The Hebei Provincial Party Committee Government Ecological Environment Protection Supervision leading Group approved the establishment of five provincial party committee provincial government ecological environment protection inspection groups, and decided to enter Baoding City, Dingzhou City, and Langfang City from October 10 to November 10, and Shijiazhuang City, Xingtai City, and Handan City from November 15 to December 15 to carry out the second round of ecological environment protection inspectors stationed by the provincial party committee and provincial government.

 

3. Anhui: more than 90% of the start rate of indemnificatory housing projects by the end of September 198100 sets of new construction

On October 12, Anhui Province held a key work site scheduling meeting for the third quarter of urban construction in Anhui Province. It was learned at the meeting that the indemnificatory apartment housing project in Anhui Province was progressing smoothly. As of September 30, 198100 new sets of indemnificatory housing projects had been completed in the province, with a starting rate of 92.36 percent. With regard to the renovation of old residential areas, as of September 30, all the 523 old residential areas listed in the Minsheng Project Plan for renovation this year have all been started.

Falling factor

1. Passenger Federation: China's retail sales of generalized passenger vehicles in September were 1.81 million units, down 6.6 percent from the same period last year.

Passenger Federation: China's broad passenger car retail sales in September were 1.81 million units, down 6.6% from a year earlier, the third consecutive month of decline. In September this year, terminal demand gradually recovered, and the trend of stabilizing was lower than expected, forming a phenomenon that Jin Jiu was not strong.

two。 The proportion of real estate trusts is less than 15% for the first time after the year.

Shanghai News: from the perspective of trust funds, the proportion of funds invested in the real estate industry has gradually declined. Of the new volume in September, the amount of money raised in real estate fell by 32.08% month-on-month, and the proportion fell by 3.02% to fourth place. Its proportion has declined for the third month in a row, accounting for less than 15% for the first time in eight months. At the same time, recently, banks, trusts and other frequent fines have been issued, the reasons for violations are related to the inflow of funds into the property market. In the first three quarters, the number of "house-related" fines exceeded 120, with a fine of more than 100 million yuan. People familiar with the matter said that curbing the tendency of real estate financialization bubble has always been the focus of the Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, and the banking fund violation "blood transfusion" of the property market is the focus of investigation and punishment by regulators.

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