Speaking of benefits, a $2,000 check is no doubt going to provide relief by helping to pay off credit card debt, build savings, or fund a variety of spending options. If you are a family living paycheck to paycheck, this money can't arrive soon enough, and since it would show up as a direct payment, it would just show up one day.As far as the political side of this conversation, it's straightforward in that the Trump Administration can argue that other countries are paying for American stimulus through tari ...

Core Insights - Asia's economies have performed better than anticipated despite the challenges posed by U.S. tariff threats, but a slowdown in growth is expected for the next year [1] Economic Performance - The Asian Development Bank highlighted that the region's economies have shown resilience in the face of external pressures, particularly from U.S. trade policies [1] - Growth rates in Asia are projected to decline in the upcoming year, indicating a shift in economic momentum [1]

Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided Group 2: Core Viewpoints of the Report - On November 7, concerns about the slowdown of economic growth boosted the precious metal prices, and the continuous increase of China's gold reserves by the central bank supported the gold price. However, due to the Senate Democrats' proposal to extend the AIA subsidy and the Fed officials' cautious attitude towards December interest - rate cuts, the upward momentum of precious metal prices was limited. It is expected that the short - term precious metal prices will maintain a range - bound oscillation, but there is still upward space in the long term. Long - term investors are advised to allocate on dips [3][4]. - In the medium - to - long - term, the Fed is still in an interest - rate cut cycle. Global geopolitical uncertainties, unsustainable US debt, and intensified great - power competition will increase the credit risk of the US dollar. Global central banks' gold purchases continue, so the medium - to - long - term center of gold prices is likely to move up [3][4]. Group 3: Summary by Relevant Catalogs 1. Price Tracking of Domestic and Foreign Gold and Silver (15 - point prices) - On November 7, 2025, compared with November 6, London gold spot rose 0.3% to $4007.42/ounce, London silver spot rose 0.7% to $48.71/ounce, COMEX gold rose 0.2% to $4015.20/ounce, COMEX silver rose 0.6% to $48.51/ounce, AU2512 rose 0.4% to 921.26 yuan/gram, AG2512 rose 0.5% to 11484 yuan/kilogram, AU (T + D) rose 0.3% to 918 yuan/gram, and AG (T + D) rose 0.6% to 11481 yuan/kilogram [3][4]. 2. Spread/Ratio Price Tracking (15 - point prices) - On November 7, 2025, compared with November 6, the spread of gold TD - SHFE active price changed by 41.7%, the spread of silver TD - SHFE active price changed by - 84.2%, the spread of gold domestic - foreign (TD - London) changed by 7.9%, the spread of silver domestic - foreign (TD - London) changed by 1.3%, the SHFE gold - silver main ratio changed by - 0.1%, the COMEX gold - silver main ratio changed by - 0.4%, AU2602 - 2512 changed by 7.6%, and AG2602 - 2512 changed by - 8.0% [3][4]. 3. Position Data - On November 7, 2025, compared with November 6, the gold ETF - SPDR was 1042.06 tons with a 0.16% increase, the silver ETF - SLV was 15088.6327 tons with a - 0.17% decrease. COMEX gold non - commercial long positions increased 1.85%, non - commercial short positions increased 9.43%, non - commercial net long positions increased 0.13%. COMEX silver non - commercial long positions increased 0.97%, non - commercial short positions decreased 0.21%, non - commercial net long positions increased 1.43% [3][4]. 4. Inventory Data - On November 7, 2025, compared with November 6, SHFE gold inventory increased 2.05% to 89616 kilograms, SHFE silver inventory decreased 2.64% to 623052 kilograms. COMEX gold inventory decreased 0.31% to 37729455 troy ounces, COMEX silver inventory decreased 0.28% to 480115942 troy ounces [3][4]. 5. Interest Rate/Exchange Rate/Stock Market - On November 7, 2025, compared with November 6, the US dollar/Chinese yuan central parity rate decreased - 0.04% to 7.08, the US dollar index decreased - 0.15% to 99.55, the 2 - year US Treasury yield decreased - 0.56% to 3.55%, the 10 - year US Treasury yield remained unchanged at 4.11%, the VIX decreased - 2.15% to 19.08, the S&P 500 increased 0.13% to 6728.80, and NYMEX crude oil increased 0.52% to 59.84 [3][4].