数据面上，美国劳工部周五报告称，美国9月零售销售额环比增长0.7%，此前的预测是下降0.2%。蒙特利尔银行财富管理公司的分析师表示，零售数据意外增长意味着消费者正在适应高物价水平。到目前为止，人们对通胀以及供应链的担忧情绪还没有导致消费需求明显下降，但是人们为更高的物价买单的意愿不可能是持续的。Original title: international oil prices have risen for 6 consecutive weeks! What happened? Source: CCTV Finance and Economics
On Friday, US time, the latest US retail sales figures for September unexpectedly climbed, and the results of companies such as Goldman Sachs Group also exceeded market expectations, boosting the three major US stock indexes, with the Dow up more than 1 per cent. On the same day, large technology stocks and bank stocks generally rose, Amazon.Com Inc rose more than 3%, Wells Fargo & Co rose more than 6%, Goldman Sachs Group rose more than 3%, the company's third-quarter net income of 13.61 billion US dollars, exceeding market expectations. In addition, Virgin Galactic fell nearly 17% after the company announced that it would postpone its commercial space travel service until the fourth quarter of next year, while no planned test flights would be carried out this year.
Unexpected month-on-month growth in US retail sales in September analysts: consumers' willingness to pay for high prices is not sustainable
On the data side, the U.S. Department of Labor reported on Friday that U.S. retail sales rose 0.7% month-on-month in September, compared with a previous forecast of a 0.2% decline. Analysts at Bank of Montreal Wealth Management say the unexpected increase in retail data means consumers are adapting to high price levels. So far, concerns about inflation and the supply chain have not led to a significant decline in consumer demand, but people's willingness to pay for higher prices is unlikely to be sustainable.
Supported by the expected shortage of crude oil, international oil prices rose by more than 1% on the 15th.
International oil prices rose on Friday, with the International Energy Agency saying that demand for crude oil will increase by 500000 barrels a day in the coming months, which will lead to a daily shortfall of about 700000 barrels a day by the end of the year. The reason is that travel restrictions related to the epidemic are gradually relaxed and energy demand is increasing. Expectations of a crude oil shortage boosted oil prices. By the close, the price of light crude for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange was up 1.19%, up 3.5% this week, and London Brent crude for December delivery was up 1.02%. It rose 3% this week, the sixth consecutive week of gains.
The yield on US Treasuries rose for 15 days, and the international gold price fell by more than 1.6%.
In terms of gold prices, on Friday, December gold futures, the most actively traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, fell 1.65% from the previous day to close at $1768.3 an ounce. Market analysts believe that the rise in Treasury yields is the main reason for the decline in gold prices on the day.
(editor Zhai Zihao)
