晨报：铁矿石：美联储降息落地，宏观驱动减弱-20251211

Report Summary 1) Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided 2) Core View of the Report - Short - term macro - drive is in place but overall exceeds expectations. The Fed's rate - cut intensity meets expectations, and Powell's speech is dovish. The statement of immediate "balance - sheet expansion" and the weak labor reality guide further rate cuts. Domestically, focus on the incremental policy of the Politburo meeting in the short term. The inventory structure of domestic finished products improves, but iron ore demand declines. The restriction of port spot trade pushes up the spot price, and the basis of the futures price converges to the spot price. It is expected that hot - metal production will decline, and inventory will tend to accumulate. With weak real - world drivers but strong macro - expectations, the price will fluctuate within a range in the short term [3][4] - The price of the main contract of Dalian iron ore futures (05) will operate in the range of 750 - 790 yuan/ton, corresponding to the price of the overseas contract (FE01) of about 101.5 - 103.5 US dollars/ton. The strategy is to conduct range - bound operations and use covered call options [4] 3) Summary by Relevant Catalogs Supply - Overseas ore shipments increased slightly week - on - week. Shipments from Australia increased slightly, those from Brazil decreased significantly, and shipments from non - mainstream mines increased substantially. Considering seasonal patterns and the shipment targets of major mines this year, the peak of overseas ore supply may have passed, and the supply pressure may decline month - on - month [3] Demand - Domestic demand is accelerating its decline due to insufficient terminal demand, increased annual maintenance of steel mills, seasonal decline in demand, and the blast - furnace profitability rate being at a three - year low. The weak reality will limit the upside of prices. According to Mysteel research, 12 new blast furnaces were shut down for maintenance this period, and 6 blast furnaces resumed production. Blast - furnace maintenance mainly occurred in Xinjiang, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, etc., due to the decline in downstream demand. Blast - furnace resumptions occurred in Hebei and the Northeast regions after the end of maintenance and decent downstream demand [4] Inventory - The imported inventory of steel mills remains at a low level and increased slightly this period. High prices have curbed restocking demand, and the inventory of steel mills mainly purchasing port - spot has increased significantly. Attention should be paid to when the restocking of US - dollar - denominated goods by steel mills will fully start. Port inventory has been continuously accumulating due to the high arrival volume and the decline in the high - level port - clearance volume. It is expected that port inventory will continue to accumulate in December [4]