Today's data selection: Train tickets for the National Day holiday have sold over 100 million copies; China's US Treasury holdings hit a new low since 2009

Over 100 million train tickets have been sold during the National Day holiday

According to data, from September 13th to 18th, more than 100 million train tickets were sold by railways nationwide. Sales in the aviation sector are also very active, with a search index from a platform showing that the search popularity for domestic air tickets during the 2023 National Day holiday has returned to 2019, reaching 104% of the same period.

Guangzhou's transaction volume only increased by 20% after recognizing houses but not loans

At the end of August this year, Guangzhou became a pioneer in policy relaxation among the four first tier cities.

After the launch of the "house recognition but not loan recognition" policy, Guangzhou's real estate market policy has once again relaxed, reducing the interest rate on first home loans to LPR-10bp, reducing the down payment ratio for second homes that have already been paid off to 30%, and reducing the down payment ratio for second homes that have been provided with a mortgage to 40%. Whether it is the purchase threshold or the purchase cost, Guangzhou has already achieved the lowest among the four first tier cities.

However, the policy is "awesome", but the feedback from the sales side is not "awesome". A few days after the new policy, the trading volume in Beijing and Shanghai doubled, but the trading volume in Guangzhou only increased by 20%. Data from the China Index Institute also shows that after the new policy, the change in willingness to buy houses in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as the expected increase in housing prices, were lower than those in Beijing and Shanghai.

Regarding this, some real estate industry insiders have stated that homebuyers in Guangzhou are relatively "pragmatic", and the market has always been "slow to rise and slow to fall". In addition, Guangzhou has a large supply of new houses, and there is a considerable supply of housing in the city center. Moreover, there is not much difference in the prices of first and second-hand houses in Guangzhou, making it difficult to find "buyers" for second-hand houses. The demand for investment in the real estate market is weak, and the atmosphere of "buying new houses" is not strong. "It is not surprising that the Guangzhou market is not as good as Beijing and Shanghai.".

China's US Treasury holdings hit a new low since 2009

On September 18, US Eastern Time, the US Department of Finance released a report on international capital flows, which showed that in July this year, the total amount of US treasury bond held overseas increased by 92 billion US dollars from June to 7.65 trillion US dollars, a record high since February last year.

This may be related to the pursuit of high interest assets by global funds, and the market expects that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike is coming to an end, which may also be one of the reasons.

In July, the largest creditor Japan's holdings of US bonds increased by $6.9 billion compared to June, but the second largest creditor China continued to sell, holding a total of $821.8 billion in July, a decrease of $13.6 billion compared to June. Positions have been declining for four consecutive months, reaching a new low since June 2009 for two consecutive months. Meanwhile, in July, China continued to increase its holdings of gold, and global central banks also showed a similar trend of buying gold.

Multiple sauce flavored product trademarks have been applied for registration

According to a technology report from Caijing Net, recently, with the launch of Maotai's co branded products with coffee and chocolate, netizens have also had a big idea and have proposed co branding with Durex, Kaiseru, and others. It is worth noting that according to the Aiqicha app, companies or individuals have applied to register trademarks such as "sauce flavored goji berries", "sauce flavored rags", "sauce flavored biscuits", etc. The international classification involves medical supplies, daily appliances, advertising sales, etc. Currently, the trademark status is all under registration application.

In addition, according to the interface news report, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the cumulative output of Baijiu in 2022 will be 6.712 million kiloliters, down 5.6% year on year. This is the sixth consecutive year that Baijiu has declined in China since 2017. The production and sales of Baijiu continue to decline. Why is Baijiu losing its market to young people?

Recently, the well-known Baijiu brand Moutai has frequently launched new products across the border, which has attracted a lot of attention. According to a report by the First Financial Daily, Ding Xiongjun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Maotai Group, once stated that Maotai ice cream is not a simple consumer product, but a strategic product of Maotai brand's youthfulness and fashion, cultivating young consumers with Maotai sauce flavored taste. Seizing young people is seizing the future of Maotai.

The water level of the major shipping artery in the United States is urgent

The Mississippi River is the main artery for north-south shipping in the United States, and a large amount of agricultural products are transported to the United States and even around the world every year through this river.

However, in recent months, continuous hot and dry weather has led to a significant decrease in the water level of the Mississippi River, with some sections of the river reaching less than 1.7 meters. Several barge companies have now reduced their loading capacity to ensure smooth navigation along the river, resulting in a decrease in cargo transportation efficiency and an increase in freight rates.

The latest data released by the US Department of Agriculture shows that at the end of last month, the spot freight rate for barges in the St. Louis section of the Mississippi River basin was $23.34 per ton, approximately RMB 170, an increase of 42% year-on-year and 85% compared to the average level in the past three years. According to industry data cited by the US federal government, Mississippi River shipping accounts for more than half of the country's food exports.