[Focus on].
People's Bank of China: Industry-wide online payment transactions have continued to grow since Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) agreed to increase Hainan capacity.
New progress has been made in China's urban real estate financing coordination mechanism.
Japan's nominal GDP fell to the fourth place in the world in 2023.
[Domestic news].
It was learned from the People's Bank of ChinaIn the Spring Festival of 2024, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, NetUnion Clearing Company and China UnionPay will process a total of 153 online payment transactions800 million, amount 774 trillion yuan, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year8% and 101%。Among them, consumption scenarios such as catering, accommodation, tourism, and retail are particularly favored, with an increase of more than 20%.
New progress has been made in China's urban real estate financing coordination mechanism. According to the latest disclosure of the five major state-owned banks of industry, agriculture, China, construction and communications, they have docked more than 8,000 real estate financing "whitelist" projects.
On February 14 (the 20th day of the Spring Festival, the fifth day of the first lunar month), the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society was 306.99 million, an increase of 19%，That's an increase of 102%, an increase of 244%。
Recently, Hainan Island air tickets are tight, and air tickets from Sanya to many domestic cities are obvious. In order to effectively alleviate the tension of return flights for the Spring Festival and other related problems,The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has agreed to increase capacity in Hainan, and the airlines concerned are submitting plans.
According to the statistics of external goods in December 2023 released by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the 15th, compared with December 2022, the overall export volume and import volume of Hong Kong's goods increased by 74% and 67%。For the whole year of 2023 compared with 2022, Hong Kong's overall merchandise exports and imports were **116% and 92%。
According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 21:38 on February 15,The total number of Spring Festival stalls (including pre-sales) in 2024 (February 10-February 17) will exceed 3.75 million, setting a new record for the total number of Spring Festival stalls in Chinese film history.
[International News].
Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 is 42,106 trillion US dollars, falling to the fourth place in the world. Germany, which has been located for many years after Japan, had a nominal GDP of about 4 last year4 trillion US dollars, ranking more than Japan. According to the data, in the fourth quarter of 2023, Japan's real GDP fell by 01%, which translates to a decrease of 04%, two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
The UK's GDP in the fourth quarter of 2023 was revised to -02%, the first negative value since the first quarter of 2021. UK GDP for the three months recorded -0 m/m in December3%, the lowest since August 2022. The UK economy fell into a technical recession in the second half of 2023.
Atlanta Fed President Bostic, speaking on the economic outlook and monetary policy, said there was no rush to cut interest rates given that the U.S. labor market and economy remain strong. He cautioned that it is not yet clear whether inflation will be sustainable enough to reach the central bank's 2% target.
ECB Governing Council member Hernandez de Cos said that the bank** shows that inflation will continue to fall, and the inflation rate will remain around 2% in 2025 and 2026, and core inflation is expected to continue to decline. As for the exact timing of the rate cut, it still needs some time to consider.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a monthly report that expects global oil** growth to outpace demand growth in 2024, with global oil** volume increasing by 1.7 million barrels per day to a record 1.7 million barrels per day03.8 billion barrels per day.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) maintained its policy rate at 650% unchanged, in line with market expectations. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the inflation path remains unchanged and a slight uptick is likely in the second quarter.
Economic Data and Dynamics (Beijing Time).
Editor: Wang Chunxia.
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