1. Macro important news and events:
Fed officials may stage a rare hawkish shift in history this week, accelerate the contraction of bond purchase scale and send a signal of interest rate hike in 2022. The New York Fed survey showed that US consumers' inflation expectations for the next year rose to an all-time high of 6%, and their optimism about the economy decreased.
There are signs of loosening in the interest rate of individual housing mortgage loans in Shenzhen. Some small and medium-sized banks recently lowered the housing loan interest rate in Shenzhen. The first house loan interest rate can be as low as 4.95%, and the second house loan interest rate can be as low as 5.25%. However, large state-owned banks, which account for the vast majority of the mortgage market, have not followed up with the reduction of mortgage interest rates.
The Omicron variant of covid-19 virus was detected in Tianjin. The infected person is an entry closed-loop control personnel. At present, he is isolated and treated in a designated hospital. This is the first discovery of the Omicron variant of covid-19 virus in China.