Today's data selection: Oil prices have dropped a total of 12 times this year; silt poured into the highest point of the affected village or exceeded 3 meters
Gas prices have dropped 12 times this year, and filling up a tank of gas is 2 yuan cheaper than at the beginning of the year.
According to Time Weekly, on December 19, domestic refined oil prices fell for the first time in a row for the sixth consecutive year, setting the largest decline for the year. Data from the National Development and Reform Commission show that starting from 24:00 on December 19, domestic gasoline and diesel prices have dropped by 415 yuan and 400 yuan per ton respectively. Equivalent to a price increase, No. 95 gasoline and No. 0 diesel are reduced by 0.34 yuan, and No. 92 gasoline is reduced by 0.32 yuan.
After this adjustment, consumers' oil costs continue to decrease. Taking a small private car with a fuel tank capacity of 50 liters as an example, the car owner will save 17 yuan by filling up a tank of No. 95 oil. In terms of fuel consumption, taking a private car that runs 2,000 kilometers per month and consumes 8 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers as an example, the monthly fuel consumption is 8 liters per 100 kilometers. Fuel consumption costs will be reduced by approximately 54 yuan.
Since the beginning of this year, the retail price limit of domestic refined oil products has experienced a total of 25 adjustments, showing a trend of "10 rose, 12 fell, and 3 were stranded." After the gains and losses were offset, the retail prices of gasoline and diesel dropped by a cumulative 50 yuan/ton during the year. After converting into price increases, the prices of No. 92, No. 95 gasoline and No. 0 diesel are all reduced by 0.04 yuan/liter. In other words, compared with the beginning of the year, car owners will save 2 yuan by filling up a 50-liter tank.
Silt poured into the highest point of the affected village or exceeded 3 meters, and firefighters rescued it overnight
In two villages in Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, Qinghai Province, a large number of houses were surrounded by silt and destroyed due to sand surge caused by the earthquake. The reporter learned that the silt is heavy and dense and cannot be dug by hand alone, so heavy machinery can only be relied on. Shortly after the earthquake, 3-meter-high thick mud rolled into the village. The ditch buried in mud was wide upstream and narrow downstream. At a road fork not far from Jintian Village, the width suddenly changed from more than 20 meters to three or four meters. The mud could not continue to flow, and then accumulated more and overflowed the ditch. The Qinghai Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps organized rescue operations locally overnight.
United Nations official Hoffman warned on the 19th that the disruption of the route from the Suez Canal to the Red Sea will increase shipping costs and ultimately lead to an increase in consumer goods prices. Hoffman mentioned that current container freight rates have increased significantly. The international shipping artery from the Suez Canal to the Red Sea connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and is one of the busiest waterways in the world.
Is the ticket to Harbin Ice and Snow World 328 yuan expensive?
Recently, many tourists complained about the Harbin Ice and Snow World and requested refunds due to reasons such as "the queue time for free items is too long" and "a large number of items are not open". This incident caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, but it was different from the expected "one-sided" one.
Public opinion on the "Ice and Snow World Ticket Refund" incident has formed two distinct camps. One group of netizens supports ticket refunds and resolutely safeguards consumer rights; but the other group believes that tourists are making trouble unreasonably and "possessing scenic spots"...
According to the official ticket purchasing platform, the adult ticket for Ice and Snow World is 328 yuan, and the child/citizen/student/disability preferential ticket is 240 yuan.
In response to this, a tourist said in an interview with @Blue whale financial reporter working platform: "The difference between the ticket price and the actual experience is because some parts of the park have not been repaired and opened. For example, there are three or four large venues, and two large venues are not open. But I charged full price.”
This year's Harbin Ice and Snow World is known as the "largest in history", but in fact many projects, such as the ski experience area, were not opened as scheduled.
In October, China’s holdings of U.S. debt hit a new low since 2009
21 Reporters have learned from many sources that now that the Federal Reserve has released a "dovish interest rate cut" signal and the U.S. dollar index has fallen sharply, the market generally expects that China and other U.S. debt holders may increase their holdings of U.S. debt in November. The reason is that the price of U.S. debt has increased, boosting overseas central banks' interest in allocating U.S. debt assets. Data shows that as of 18:00 on December 20, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has fallen to around 3.89%, the lowest since August.
