Where to go: This year, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket on the platform increased by 41% year-on-year. According to the data released by Qunar.com today, in 2024, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket increased by 41% year-on-year, with the highest growth rate in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Fujian and Hubei. The number of residents in cities below the third tier where they bought their first air ticket increased by 35% year-on-year, a record high of nearly five years. From the perspective of age structure, young people under the age of 18 have become the main group where to buy their first air ticket, with a year-on-year increase of over 50%. Students aged 19-23 and young people aged 24-33 are the main growth forces. At the same time, the platform data shows that the number of passengers who left the country by plane for the first time in 2024 increased by 220% year-on-year, and the number of residents in third-tier cities and below who left the country by plane for the first time increased by 2.5 times. The most popular destinations for first-time outbound travel are Hongkong, China, Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur.Analysts commented on the US CPI in November: the data is in line with expectations, and there may be four interest rate cuts next year. Brian Jacobsen, chief economist of Annex Wealth Management, said: "There is nothing unexpected in the CPI report, and everything is in line with expectations. Housing cost is still the main driver of inflation. With the employment report and inflation report, nothing can stop the Fed from cutting interest rates by 25 basis points next week. What will be exciting is the summary of the Fed's economic forecast. There may be four interest rate cuts in 2025, and inflation will eventually fall to the target level. "*ST Masters: It is planned to sell some accounts receivable to Shenzhen Pickup Investment for 60 million yuan. *ST Masters announced that the company plans to transfer the accounts receivable with book value of 16,697,800 yuan (original book value of 171 million yuan) to Shenzhen Pickup Investment Partnership (limited partnership) for 60 million yuan. According to the regulations, the transaction constitutes a related party transaction and does not constitute a major asset reorganization, which needs to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for consideration and approval. The accounts receivable to be transferred this time are all due to the daily business of the company, mainly due to the overdue accounts receivable formed by providing engineering services to the debtor.
Market News: US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to Jordan and Turkey for talks on the Syrian issue on Wednesday.Brent crude oil exceeded $73/barrel, up 1.57% in the day.HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.
Colombia's consumer confidence index in November was -5.7, and the forecast was -4.8.Kremlin: (When asked whether the fall of Assad weakened Russia's influence in the Middle East) Military action in Ukraine is a top priority.Guanghua Technology: Breaking the dependence on the import of key raw materials for daily chemicals and meeting the high-end diversified needs. In the global oral care industry, tin salt is a key raw material, which is widely used in toothpaste and professional oral care products because of its excellent effects of preventing dental caries, anti-sensitivity, reducing gingival bleeding and fighting gingivitis. However, the domestic market has long relied on imports for this key raw material, and the production cost remains high, which seriously restricts the competitiveness of our oral care products in the international market. Guanghua Technology has made a breakthrough in this field, successfully breaking the long-term dependence on imports, taking the lead in becoming a domestic enterprise to realize large-scale production of this special effect ingredient, significantly reducing the cost of key raw materials for customers, and further enhancing the competitiveness of China manufacturing in the international market.