Cable raw materials (aluminum) weekly report (8.15-8.19)

1.
The number of initial jobless claims in the United States in the week of August 13 was 262,000, 265,000 expected, and 266,000
in the previous month.
The number of renewed jobless claims in the United States for the week of August 6 was 2.
175 million, compared with 2.
142 million expected, and the previous value of 2.
155 million was revised to 2.
16 million
.

2.
U.
S.
manufacturing output in July was 0.
5% month-on-month, the largest growth rate since July 2015, expected to be 0.
3%, and the previous value of 0.
4% was revised to 0.
3%.

U.
S.
equipment usage in July was 75.
9% vs.
75.
6% expected vs.
75.
4%
prior.
U.
S.
CPI 0.
0% m/m in July vs 0.
0% expected and 0.
2%
prior.
U.
S.
CPI for July was 0.
8% y/y vs.
0.
9% expected and 1%
prior.
US July core CPI 0.
1% m/m vs 0.
2% expected and 0.
2%
prior.
US July core CPI 2.
2% y/y vs 2.
3% expected and 2.
3%
prior.

3.
Eurozone July CPI year-on-year final value 0.
2%, expected 0.
2%, preliminary value revised from 0.
2% to 0.
1%.

Eurozone July core CPI final 0.
9% y/y vs 0.
9% expected and 0.
9%
preliminary reading.
Eurozone July CPI -0.
6% m/m vs -0.
5% expected vs.
0.
2%
prior.

4.
Domestically, the core economic data such as inflation, industrial added value, and fixed asset investment released by the China Bureau of Statistics were not satisfactory, and the sharp contraction of credit and social financing data on Friday falsified the logic of domestic liquidity easing in the early stage, and the market's concerns about economic slowdown still exist
in the short term.