国际金融市场早知道：11月20日

Group 1: Financial Technology Collaboration - Hong Kong's Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and Shenzhen's Local Financial Supervision Bureau jointly released an action plan for building a global financial technology center from 2025 to 2027, focusing on six key areas for collaboration to create a competitive fintech ecosystem [1] - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Vice President revealed that the "Swap Connect" will expand the list of dealers and optimize liquidity management tools, while the Securities and Futures Commission's Executive Director indicated that the Southbound "Swap Connect" is in the discussion stage to better serve international investor needs [1] Group 2: U.S. Federal Reserve Insights - Federal Reserve Governor Milan advocates for prioritizing adjustments to Wall Street's regulatory framework to ease the burden on financial institutions, paving the way for future asset balance sheet reductions, and expressed hope to end quantitative tightening in October [2] - The Federal Reserve's October FOMC meeting minutes showed significant divisions among decision-makers regarding interest rate cuts, but there was a general consensus to pause rate hikes for the year, with nearly all members agreeing to immediately end quantitative tightening [1][2] Group 3: Economic Data and Market Reactions - The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the trade deficit in August plummeted by 24% to $59.6 billion, with the goods deficit shrinking to $83.7 billion, the smallest since the end of 2023, driven by a 5.1% decline in imports and a slight rebound in exports [2] - Japan's government plans to introduce an economic stimulus package exceeding 20 trillion yen, along with a supplementary budget of about 17 trillion yen, to address slowing growth and inflation pressures [2] Group 4: Market Performance - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.1% to 46,138.77 points, the S&P 500 increased by 0.38% to 6,642.16 points, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed by 0.59% to 22,564.23 points [3] - COMEX gold futures increased by 0.29% to $4,078.30 per ounce, while COMEX silver futures rose by 1.08% to $51.07 per ounce [4] - U.S. crude oil futures fell by 2.08% to $59.41 per barrel, and Brent crude oil futures decreased by 1.88% to $63.67 per barrel [5]