乘用车零售降幅收窄：【每周经济观察】第51期-20251222

Economic Indicators - The Huachuang Macro WEI index rose to 5.17% as of December 14, up 1.05% from December 7[2] - Retail sales of passenger cars decreased by 17% year-on-year in the second week of December, a significant improvement from a 32% decline previously[2] - The cumulative year-on-year decline in passenger car retail sales for the first two weeks of December was 24%, compared to an 8.1% decline in November[2] Commodity Prices - Industrial silicon futures closed up 3.1%, polysilicon up 6.4%, and lithium carbonate up 16.4%[2] - COMEX gold closed at $4,354 per ounce, increasing by 1.2%, while LME copper rose to $11,837 per ton, up 0.4%[2] Trade and Exports - China's port container throughput saw a year-on-year increase of 10.6% over the past four weeks, with a slight week-on-week decline of 0.9%[2] - The number of outbound vessels from Chinese ports increased by 39.6% year-on-year in the first 20 days of December[21] Real Estate Market - The average listing price of second-hand homes in first-tier cities fell by 0.6% in the week ending December 8, with a cumulative decline of 6.2% for the year[2] - The transaction area of commercial housing in 67 cities showed a year-on-year decline of 29% as of December 19[12] Production and Industry - Most industries continued to see a decline in operating rates, with the asphalt operating rate averaging 27.6% as of December 17, down from 34.4% in late September[16] - The coal throughput at Qinhuangdao port decreased by 36 percentage points year-on-year, indicating a significant drop in industrial activity[7]