美联储重启扩表

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the content 2. Core View of the Report - The global economy is starting to weaken as the US economy slides towards stagflation, and the Fed's restart of balance sheet expansion will have a profound impact on major asset classes [4] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Global Economic Outlook - The Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points and started buying $40 billion in short - term Treasuries per month, restarting the expansion of its balance sheet [4][5] - The decline in Las Vegas gambling revenue is similar to the early warning signs before the 2008 financial crisis [4] - The US released a new National Security Strategy, adjusting its economic relations with China and aiming to revitalize its economic autonomy [4] - Consumer K - shaped differentiation in the US is intensifying, with high - income consumers' spending remaining resilient while middle - and low - income families are tightening their belts [4] - The official US employment data may be overestimated by 60,000 per month, and the actual employment market may be in negative growth [4] - The US unemployment rate has risen to 4.4%, and the number of initial jobless claims has reached the highest level since September [8] - US employment is declining, with negative growth in the number of new ADP jobs in November and a significant increase in corporate lay - offs [11] - US consumption is weakening, with retail and food sales growing only 0.2% month - on - month in September [14] - US manufacturing prospects are poor, with capital goods imports falling both year - on - year and month - on - month in September, and the ISM manufacturing PMI index continuing to contract in November [17][20] - US inflation is accelerating, with the manufacturing PMI price index and the service PMI price index expanding [23] - The US economy is sliding towards stagflation, with a 0.9% month - on - month increase in the PPI of commodities in September, combined with weakening consumption and declining employment [26] - The eurozone manufacturing PMI contracted again in November, and the eurozone economy was greatly affected by US reciprocal tariffs [29] - The yield of Japan's 10 - year government bonds soared, and the large - scale return of yen carry trades will have a negative impact on US Treasuries, US stocks, and Chinese bonds [31] Asset Allocation - The Fed's purchase of $40 billion in short - term Treasuries per month is positive for precious metals, industrial metals, and Chinese equity assets [34] - Due to the year - end settlement effect, the A - share market may fluctuate and adjust until the end of the year [35] - AI focuses on computing power and electricity, and semiconductor equipment ETFs and grid equipment ETFs are expected to be highly prosperous [38][40] - The US economy sliding towards stagflation and the Fed's restart of balance sheet expansion are strongly positive for gold, which is expected to hit a previous high [42] - The price of silver has reached a new high, mainly due to physical shortages and the remonetization of silver in the post - dollar era [45] - Global copper inventories are continuously shifting to the US, and there is a shortage outside the US. The demand for AI computing power has broken the supply - demand balance of copper, and copper prices are expected to have a major rally [47][50] - The surge in computing power has led to a surge in chip demand, and the semiconductor supply chain is expanding. As chip packaging is the main area of tin consumption, tin demand is expected to surge, and tin is expected to enter a shortage era [54] - The acceleration of the RMB's appreciation is conducive to the accelerated inflow of international capital into China [57]