【Close News】

1, Thursday, Gold and silver enter the downtrend channel , Rebounded slightly in late trading. Spot gold hit a daily low of $1,777 during the U.S. market, and finally closed at $1,783.24 per ounce, down 0.56%; spot silver fell below the $26 mark during the day, and finally closed at $26.10 per ounce, down 1.52%.

2. The U.S. dollar index fluctuates and rises , It broke through the 91 mark in the day, and finally closed up 0.21% to 91.3. On Thursday, the U.S. five-year inflation-protected Treasury bond (TIPS) yield fell to a record low.

3. International oil prices rebounded slightly , As of the close, WTI crude oil futures closed up 0.96% to 61.64 US dollars per barrel; spot silver closed up 0.80% to 65.59 US dollars per barrel. CME Group (CME) raised the maintenance margin requirement for the June WTI crude oil contract from US$5,100 per contract to US$5,300 per contract, an increase of 3.9%.

4. The cryptocurrency market suffered a huge shock . Ethereum once surpassed 10% overnight and hit a record high of US$2,646. However, the risk sentiment in the U.S. market suddenly changed and all cryptocurrencies plunged. Bitcoin once fell below US$51,000 per coin, setting a new low of nearly a month; Ethereum also once exceeded the day. The high retracement exceeded $300.

5. U.S. stocks , Reported that US President Biden intends to propose a capital gains tax of up to 43.4% on the wealthy. US stocks fell sharply during intraday trading. The three major stock indexes fell more than 1%. As of the close, the three major indexes closed down across the board. Among them, the Nasdaq fell 0.94%, the S&P 500 fell 0.92%, and the Dow fell 0.94%.

6. European stocks continued the previous day’s gains , The whole line received red. Among them, the German DAX index closed up 0.92% to 15,335.60 points.

7. Hong Kong stocks , Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed up 0.47% yesterday to 28755.34 points.

8. A shares continued to fluctuate and consolidate on Thursday , The three major stock indexes collectively opened higher in the early trading. After the opening, the Shanghai Composite Index fluctuated downward. The ChiNext Index and the Shenzhen Component Index performed relatively strongly. As of the close, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.23%, the Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.41%, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.77%. On the disk, sectors such as medical beauty, digital currency, consumer electronics, semiconductors, steel, food and beverage, and coal ranked among the top gainers, while sectors such as banking, tourism, and wine brewing were among the top decliners.

【International News】

1. According to CME “Federal Reserve Observation”: The probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining interest rates in the 0%-0.25% range in April is 95.6%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points to the 0.25%-0.50% range is 4.4%. The probability of maintaining interest rates in the 0%-0.25% range in June is 87.9%, the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points is 11.7%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 50 basis points is 0.4%.

2. Biden is reported to be planning to levy a capital gains tax of up to 43.4% on the wealthy

According to people familiar with the matter, Biden plans to raise the capital gains tax rate for the wealthy by nearly double to 39.6% , Together with the existing investment income surcharge, means that the federal capital gains tax rate for investors will reach 43.4%. According to sources, the capital gains tax rate for people with an annual income of not less than US$1 million will be raised to 39.6%, far exceeding the current basic tax rate of 20%. Coupled with the 3.8% investment income tax rate to fund Obamacare, the capital gains tax level is higher than the highest salary tax rate. Biden is expected to release the proposal next week, and part of the income from the tax increase will be used for social expenditures in the “American Family Plan.”

3. Influenced by U.S. President Biden’s plan to nearly double the capital gains tax on the wealthy, Bitcoin fell by 8% at one point, approaching a one-month low . U.S. investors who invest in crypto assets (these assets have risen by about 80% since December last year), if they sell cryptocurrencies after holding them for more than a year, they already face the risk of capital gains tax. The Internal Revenue Service has also increased its taxation on the sale of encrypted assets.

4. In response to U.S. President Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure package, senior Republicans in the Senate on Thursday proposed a total of 568 billion U.S. dollars of opponents. Focus on more traditional infrastructure such as roads and bridges , And did not include the increase in taxes on companies sought by the Democratic Party.

5. The White House issued an international climate financing plan, which is the first such plan of the US government. Focus on international climate finance . The plan mentioned that Biden plans to triple the scale of adaptive financing by 2024. And considering that the scale of climate financing for developing countries will be doubled by 2024. In addition, the United States will end international investment in the field of high-carbon energy. Biden will help financial companies make decisions when they consider climate factors.

6. The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States reached 547,000 from the week of April 17th, continuing to hit the lowest level since the week of March 14th last year. The analysis said that with the advancement of the goal of vaccinating an average of 3 million people in the United States every day, the growth of the job market should further accelerate.

7. Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators of the American Advisory Council: Consumer confidence has risen to the highest level since the outbreak of the epidemic in March 2020. Consumers’ assessment of current conditions and short-term prospects has improved significantly, indicating that economic growth may further strengthen in the coming months. The renewed optimism of consumers has boosted their willingness to buy houses, cars and some high-priced goods. However, the rise in short-term inflation concerns is likely to be due to rising oil prices and may curb consumer willingness in the coming months.

8, The latest interest rate decision of the European Central Bank maintains the three key interest rates, the speed of bond purchases remains unchanged, and does not update economic forecasts. However, the European Central Bank confirmed that it will significantly accelerate the purchase of PEPP in this quarter. European Central Bank President Lagarde reiterated the European Central Bank’s very loose monetary policy stance that negative interest rates are an effective tool to provide stimulus. At the same time, he pointed out that the issue of reducing purchases of PEPP has not been discussed and it is too early to discuss reducing debt purchases.

9. Market news: According to a draft agenda, OPEC+ will stick to its originally announced plan to hold a full ministerial meeting and a joint ministerial monitoring committee (JMMC) meeting on April 28. The specific time is to be determined.

10. CME Group (CME) raised the maintenance margin requirement for the June WTI crude oil contract from US$5,100 per contract to US$5,300 per contract, an increase of 3.9%.

11. EIA natural gas report: As of the week of April 16, the total US natural gas inventory was 1,883 billion cubic feet, an increase of 38 billion cubic feet from the previous week, a decrease of 251 billion cubic feet from the same period last year, a year-on-year decrease of 11.8%, and a year-on-year decrease of 12 billion. Cubic feet, an increase of 0.6%.

12. The BDI index, known as the vane of commodities, has continued to soar recently, approaching a new high since 2010 . Many cyclical industry traders said that due to factors such as rising upstream raw material prices and better downstream demand expectations, inventory levels have been generally low since the beginning of this year, and turnover has accelerated. The cyclical characteristics of the market’s initiative to replenish inventory are obvious. The prices of bulk commodities continue to be strong, and the evolution of the future inventory cycle is an important driving factor affecting the trend of commodities.

【Industry Data】

1. Energy Bureau: Printing and distributing the “Guiding Opinions on Energy Work in 2021” . The main expected goal in 2021 is to reduce the proportion of coal consumption to below 56%; add about 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to replace electricity, and the proportion of electricity to final energy consumption will reach about 28%; energy consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by about 3% , The allocation of energy resources is more reasonable, and the utilization efficiency is greatly improved; the utilization rate of renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power generation has maintained a high level, and the average utilization hours of cross-regional transmission channels have increased to about 4,100 hours.

2. IDC: In 2020, the global IaaS market reached 67.19 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 33.9%. AWS, Microsoft, Alibaba, Google, and IBM are among the top five in the market, together occupying 77.1% of the market share. In 2020, the overall global public cloud service market will reach US$312.42 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24.1%; the overall market size of China’s public cloud services will reach US$19.38 billion, a year-on-year increase of 49.7%, the highest growth rate in the world. It is estimated that by 2024, the global share of China’s public cloud service market will increase from 6.5% in 2020 to over 10.5%.

3. Information and Communication Institute: In the first quarter, my country’s Internet investment and financing remained high overall, with a slight decrease from the previous quarter. The number of cases decreased by 2% from the previous month and increased by 52.5% from the same period last year; the total amount decreased by 8.9% from the previous month and rose by over 170% year-on-year.

4. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In March, software business revenue increased by 33.0%. In the first quarter, my country’s software industry completed a software business revenue of 19903 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%, an increase of 5.2 percentage points from January to February; the industry realized a total profit of 237.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, an increase of 2.9 Percentage points.

5. Online car-hailing supervision information interaction platform: As of March 31, a total of 227 online car-hailing platform companies across the country have obtained online car-hailing platform operating licenses, and a total of 3.364 million online car-hailing driver licenses and 1.255 million vehicle transportation certificates have been issued across the country. In March, all online car-hailing platform companies registered a total of 100,000 newly registered compliant drivers and 61,000 newly registered compliant vehicles.

6. The Legal Work Committee revealed that the main content of the draft futures law includes six points: The system stipulates the futures trading, settlement and delivery systems; stipulates the basic systems for other derivatives transactions; establishes the protection system for the rights and interests of futures traders; regulates the operation of futures business institutions, futures trading venues, futures clearing institutions and futures service institutions; clarifies the supervision of the futures market management.

7. According to real-time statistics from Worldometers, as of 07:20 on April 23, Beijing time, The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus worldwide exceeded 145.29 million, reaching 145,293,269, and the number of deaths exceeded 3.08 million, reaching 3083,658. . Among them, the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the United States exceeded 32.66 million, reaching 32,665,038, and the number of deaths exceeded 584,000, reaching 584,176.

[Finance data and events of focus today]

①07:30 Japan’s core CPI annual rate in March

②14:00 UK retail sales monthly rate after March seasonal adjustment

③15:15 French manufacturing PMI initial value in April

④15:30 German manufacturing PMI initial value in April

⑤16:00 Euro zone manufacturing PMI initial value in April

⑥16:30 PMI for manufacturing and service industries in the UK in April

⑦21:45 US April Markit manufacturing PMI initial value

⑧21:45 US April Markit service industry PMI initial value

⑨22:00 The annualized total number of new home sales in the United States in March

⑩The total number of oil rigs from the United States at 01:00 the next day to the week of April 23

On the morning of March 18, a man jumped from the 10th floor of the outpatient building of the Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hubei, hitting Ms. Lei, a 61-year-old cleaning worker downstairs, and then died on the spot. Ms. Lei suffered multiple fractures and contusions all over her body. He was rushed to Wuhan Tongji Hospital for rescue.

After more than 20 days of treatment, Ms. Lei is now sober, but has not been out of danger so far. On April 12, Ms. Lei’s son Zou Wu told China News Weekly that in the past month, the mother’s medical expenses had exceeded 200,000 yuan, and the daily cost was between 8,000 and 10,000 yuan. Next, the mother will need to have surgery, but the cost of the surgery is still not there.

Misfortune comes from the sky, is Ms. Lei a work-related injury? Who should the family members ask for an explanation?

It is understood that Ms. Lei belongs to a cleaner dispatched by an outsourcing company to the hospital, and the man who jumped off the building is neither an employee of the hospital nor a patient in the hospital. The hospital said that the cleaners were innocent when this happened, but they were also victims.

Man jumped from a building in a hospital and injured a cleaner

After being in a coma for more than 20 days, 61-year-old cleaner Ms. Lei finally woke up. Due to multiple fractures all over the body, she is not out of danger. “Basically rely on infusion of nutrient solution, the state is also very poor, can not speak, can only make gestures,” said Ms. Lei’s son Zou Wu.

Earlier on March 18, Ms. Lei was doing cleaning work at the Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hubei. When she passed the entrance of the outpatient building, she was hit by a man who jumped off the building. The man was killed on the spot while Ms. Lei was unconscious. Subsequently, Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine called the police and Ms. Lei was sent to the local county hospital for rescue.

Ms. Lei’s son, Zou Wu, told China News Weekly that he was working out of town when he received a call from the county hospital that day. The doctor told his mother that there was an accident and that he was not sure about the rescue and suggested that he be transferred to a hospital in Wuhan.

After receiving the news, Zou Wu immediately bought a ticket and rushed to Wuhan. The next morning, he saw his unconscious mother in the ICU of Wuhan Tongji Hospital. “The doctor said that my mother is in a serious condition and her life is in danger at any time.”

The patient’s condition certificate issued by the hospital showed that Ms. Lei was diagnosed with severe multiple injuries, including closed head injury, diffuse axonal injury, bilateral multiple rib fractures, and bilateral pleural effusion.

During the more than 20 days that his mother was hospitalized, Zou Wu and his family had been busy taking care of her mother. As for what happened, he had not had time to figure out what happened. And the family of the man who hit his mother who jumped from the building did not get in touch. “One is that he did not have the information of the other party, and the other is that he has lost a loved one after all. We can’t talk about it now.”

A staff member of the Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine told China News Weekly that the man jumped off the 10th floor of the hospital, “That floor is not a business room. The windows are built relatively high, and they can only be opened 30% normally. You can kick it open. He broke our window before jumping down.”

The above-mentioned staff member said that according to his knowledge, the man who jumped from the building was in his 30s and was an employee of the charging room of a local private hospital. He may suffer from depression, but they are not clear about the specific situation.

The police from the Tiancheng Police Station of the Chongyang County Public Security Bureau said that this incident did happen, but the details were inconvenient to disclose.

The hospital “borrowed” 100,000 yuan from family members: we are also victims

Although the mother has woken up, Zou Wu’s family is still frowning. In the past month, the mother’s medical expenses have exceeded 200,000, and the daily cost is between 8,000 and 10,000. When the mother is able to breathe independently, surgery will be required. For the poor Zou Wu family Said that this fee has not yet been followed.

“The countryside is too poor, so when I am in my 60s, I have to take part-time jobs while taking the children.” Zou Wu said that his mother worked as a cleaner in the Chinese Medicine Hospital for about five years, mainly responsible for the ground cleaning work in the hospital building, including sweeping, floor cleaning, etc. Mopping the floor, taking out the garbage, etc., the monthly salary is more than 1,000 yuan.

According to reports, Ms. Lei was introduced to this hospital by an acquaintance before to work. Later, the cleaning service was borne by an outsourcing company, and the salary was also paid by the outsourcing company.

Zou Wu said that after the incident, they had contacted hospitals and cleaning companies many times, hoping to bear the corresponding expenses. After many consultations and communication, the hospital transferred more than 100,000 yuan. For other medical expenses, the family could only piece together to find relatives to borrow.

The staff of the Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine told China News Weekly that the family members did look for the hospital many times. They really had no choice, so they paid the money. “But the 100,000 yuan is not compensation, it is just a humanitarian loan. Their life-saving money.”

The above-mentioned staff said that the cleaning of the hospital was outsourced to the Xianning branch of Guangdong Hongde Technology Property Co., Ltd. The cleaning staff were not hospital employees, and the man who jumped off the building was neither a hospital employee nor a patient in the hospital. The members are innocent, and we are also victims.”

Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine stated that the cleaning company won the bid through the government bidding platform. After the incident, the government has contacted the company, hoping to pay the cleaning staff a certain amount of medical expenses through negotiation.

Manager Gong of the Xianning branch of Guangdong Hongde Technology Property Co., Ltd. told China News Weekly that because Ms. Lei was over 60 years old, she had not previously signed a labor contract with the company, nor did she have any agreement or insurance. After the incident, the company staff went to the county hospital to visit Ms. Lei and paid 10,000 yuan in advance for medical expenses.

Manager Gong also mentioned that Ms. Lei is mainly responsible for the cleaning of the internal environment. The location of the incident was not within her cleaning range. They speculated that Ms. Lei might have encountered an accident when she was off work. For the subsequent responsibilities that need to be undertaken, the company supports legal procedures.

Lawyer: Can claim compensation from the family of the man who jumped off the building

Past reports have shown that in recent years, there have been many cases of people falling from buildings hitting (death) passers-by.

In June 2019, a man in Meishan, Sichuan, fell from a building, hitting the two grandparents who were walking downstairs who lived in the same community. All three died unfortunately. After the incident, the family members of the smashed grandchildren took the faller’s parents to court, and the court’s second-instance compensation was 1.06 million yuan.

In November 2019, a woman in Changsha, Hunan, fell from a building and struck a 24-year-old girl Xiao Su. The woman who fell from the building was killed on the spot, and Xiao Su was identified as a grade 6 disability. Nearly a year after the incident, Xiaosu’s parents sued the family of the woman who fell from the building, claiming damages of more than 930,000 yuan. The court finally ruled that the parents of the woman who jumped off the building should compensate Xiao Su more than 770,000 yuan.

Regarding Ms. Lei’s experience, lawyer Fu Jian from Henan Yulong Law Firm believes that family members can file a lawsuit on the grounds that the man who jumped off the building infringed the “right to life and health” of the cleaners, requiring the family members of the jumper to bear the corresponding medical expenses.

According to Fan Chen, a lawyer at Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, if the man who jumped off the building does not have depression and is fully capable of civil conduct, his family will not be liable, but the cleaning staff will be compensated within the limit of the inheritance in terms of compensation; if the man does If there is depression, the family members as guardians should be liable for compensation.

Although Ms. Lei did not sign a labor agreement with the cleaning company, and the accident may occur on the way from get off work, Fu Jian said that as long as the labor relationship is established, it is a de facto labor relationship. At the same time, according to the provisions of the “Work Injury Insurance Regulations,” those who are injured by an accident during work-related preparatory or finishing work in the workplace before and after working hours shall also be recognized as work-related injuries.

Fan Chen believes that although the cleaning staff are managed by a cleaning company bid by the government, the Chongyang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is the employer. According to Article 92 of the Labor Contract Law, if the employing unit causes damage to the dispatched worker, the labor dispatch unit and the employing unit shall bear joint liability for compensation, and Chongyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the cleaning company shall bear joint liability for compensation together.

However, Fu Jian believed that the employer was not at fault in the case, and the labor dispatch unit should bear the compensation for work-related injuries. Fu Jian said that the hospital has a safety guarantee obligation, but this obligation is a safety guarantee obligation within a reasonable limit and cannot be enlarged indefinitely. “If the man did kick open the window of the hospital and jumped down, the hospital would not be at fault for the deliberate behavior, and the hospital would not be legally liable. However, based on the moral level, the victim’s family can be treated. Certain relief.”

The continuous accident between a truck and two passenger cars occurred around 22:30 pm on April 18 on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, near Suoi Giua toll station, Hiep An ward, Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong. The scene of the accident At that time, the truck with the Supervisory Board: 60C – 169.86 was loaded with pigs moving on Highway 13. When the car turned about 100m from Nguyen Chi Thanh, there was a collision with a passenger car carrying the Supervisory Board: 61A – 058.75 and then suddenly turned sideways. The tourist car was crushed The truck then crushed another passenger car bearing the IC: 61A – 696.83 moving in the same direction. The man operating a sea tourist car 61A – 696.83 when he saw the truck tilted, immediately the baby boy in the upper row jumped into the back seat and luckily both father and son escaped death. Pigs on the truck scattering in the middle of the road At the scene, the truck flipped across the middle of the road. The sea tourist car 61A – 696.83 the first part was crushed. Meanwhile, the tourist car carried the IC: 61A 058.75 cardboard stuck to the truck. Hundreds of pigs on the truck ran away in panic, scattered in the middle of the road. The people assisted the driver to take the pig to a point near the accident scene. Many pigs died after the accident The accident was serious in between 3 vehicles, but fortunately there was no death. The father jumped to the back seat with his son so he escaped death