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Although many financial markets around the world were closed for the Christmas holiday on Monday, the macro news came round after round. The National Health Commission said that COVID-19 would be renamed as novel coronavirus infection, and "Class B and Class B control" would be implemented from January 8; The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council proposes to cancel the nucleic acid detection and centralized isolation of all personnel after entry, and to resume the outbound tourism of Chinese citizens in an orderly manner.
On the external news side, the governor of the Bank of Japan stressed that the policy adjustment in December was not to withdraw from easing. Türkiye said that its natural gas reserves in the Black Sea area had increased by nearly one third, and the winter storm in the United States continued to escalate, which has killed at least 55 people.
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Retail sales in the United States exceeded expectations in the holiday season of 2022
Mastercard, a credit card company, released the "consumption pulse" report of this year's holiday season in the United States, which showed that American consumers' holiday spending this year was slightly higher than expected, but the overall growth rate declined.
The report shows that during the period from November 1 to December 24 this year, the retail sales data excluding the automobile industry increased by 7.6% year-on-year, lower than the consumption growth rate of 8.5% in the same period last year, but slightly higher than the 7.1% predicted by MasterCard itself in September. At that time, the logic of the company was that many businesses faced the competition of clearing inventory, so they would take out large discount activities in October to divert some consumption power.
The governor of the Bank of Japan stressed that the policy adjustment in December was not an exit from easing
Bank of Japan Governor Yoshihiko Kuroda stressed on Monday that the bank's latest adjustment to the bond yield control plan is not to start withdrawing from the monetary easing policy, but to make it operate in a sustainable and stable manner.
"This is definitely not a step towards withdrawal," he said at an event hosted by the Japanese Economic Association, a business lobby group. "The Bank of Japan will continue to implement monetary easing policy under the framework of yield curve control, and strive to achieve the goal of price stability in a sustainable and stable manner, while raising the wage level."
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia: Russia's natural gas exports fell by about 25% this year
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said recently that although the export volume of Russian natural gas in 2022 decreased compared with last year, there is still demand for Russian energy products in the international market. Western countries will set a ceiling on Russia's oil exports, which will only lead to an imbalance in the energy market. Western countries will also suffer from the consequences, and the price of natural gas in Europe will remain high.
Novak said that in 2022, Russia's natural gas export volume will decrease by about 25% compared with last year, and the output will decrease by 12%. In 2022, Russia's oil exports increased by 7.5% year-on-year to 242 million tons.
Novak stressed that there are many uncertainties in the energy market in 2023, but there is still demand for Russian energy products in the international market. Novak said that Russia would increase the production of liquefied natural gas with the help of new technology. It is expected that in the near future, Russia is expected to increase its LNG production to 64 million tons per year and 100 million tons by 2035.
Türkiye has found new resources! The scale of natural gas reserves in the black sea area increased by nearly one third
On the evening of December 26, President Erdogan of Türkiye announced that the country's natural gas reserves in the Black Sea waters had increased by nearly one third to about 710 billion cubic meters.
Erdogan said that the increase mainly came from the Sacaria gas field, which had an estimated reserves of 540 billion cubic meters, and the latest estimated reserves rose to 652 billion cubic meters, an increase of more than 20%.
Sakaria oil field is already the largest oil field in the Black Sea, but its reserves are increasing almost every year. Erdogan said that the latest revision was the result of the evaluation project of an international energy company, but he did not disclose the company name.
In addition, Erdogan also said that 58 billion cubic meters of natural gas had been discovered in another offshore oil field in the Black Sea. "This new discovery will open the door for exploitation, and we will start drilling new oil wells as soon as possible."
Iranian Foreign Ministry: Iran is willing to continue negotiations with Saudi Arabia until formal relations are restored
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kanani said on the 26th that Iran is willing to continue negotiations with Saudi Arabia until "the two important countries in the region" resume formal relations.
At a regular press conference on the same day, Kanani said that Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahian and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal had "good and positive" talks during the second Baghdad Cooperation and Partnership Conference in Amman, Jordan. Both sides "seem to agree to continue to take a positive and constructive attitude towards bilateral negotiations" and "both seem to have the political will to take a new step forward".
Kanani said that Iraq is trusted by Iran and Saudi Arabia, and the Iraqi side's efforts to create appropriate conditions for Iran and Saudi Arabia to hold a new round of talks are welcomed by Iran and Saudi Arabia.
US winter storms have killed at least 55 people
According to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), on December 26 local time, the winter storm has killed at least 55 people in the United States.
The snowstorm brought by the winter storm also caused the impassability of roads in many areas and large area power failure. According to the data of the US power tracking website PowerOutage.us, as of 13:50 local time on the 26th, 68696 users in Washington State were powered off, 17907 users in Maine and 15229 users in New York State were powered off.
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