1.On September 24, local time, the US-Japan-Australia-India “Quartet Security Dialogue” held its first face-to-face summit in Washington.Analysts believe that this summit is the latest move by the United States and other countries to “counterbalance China’s influence” following the AUKUS security agreement reached by the United States, Britain and Australia. 

2.In a comprehensive ranking of corporate brands, Apple Japan ranked first for the third year in a row. The second place is Google. Sony Group, a Japanese company, ranks the highest, ranking third as a whole. Affected by the epidemic, home work has become a normal way of life, and consumers have relatively increased access to mobile phones and games, so brands such as Apple and Sony are highly praised. 

3.On Sept. 24, Mark Jetvoi, one of the most influential executives in the Russian natural gas industry, was arrested and charged in the United States on tax charges related to tens of millions of dollars in offshore accounts. If convicted on all charges, he could face decades in prison.

4. Global supply chain chaos! KFC has “no chicken to fry” in the United States, and pearl milk tea has no pearls. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, there is a shortage of food supplies in many places in Europe and the United States. KFC, McDonald’s and other restaurants have also seen some food off the shelves and other phenomena. The latest figures show that US poultry supply fell 20 per cent in August from a year earlier; beef reserves fell 7.7 per cent year-on-year; and pork breast reserves fell 44 per cent year-on-year to the lowest level since 2017.

5. Securities Times: due to extreme weather such as extreme high pressure and large area drought, the development of wind and hydroelectric power in Europe plummeted during the year. Electricity prices in major EU economies are generally more than double those of a year ago, with UK electricity prices soaring 700 per cent year-on-year in the year to September.

6. Us stocks: on Friday, the Dow rose 0.10% to 34798.00, up 0.62% a week; the S & P 500 rose 0.15% to 4455.48, up 0.51%; and the Nasdaq fell 0.03% to 15047.70, up 0.02%.

7. Europe: on Friday, Germany’s DAX30 index fell 0.72% to 15531.75, up 0.27%; France’s CAC40 index fell 0.95% to 6638.46, up 1.04%; and Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.38% to 7051.48, up 1.26%.

8.As the global “chip shortage” has not been alleviated, the US Department of Commerce held another semiconductor summit last week, including TSMC, Samsung, Intel and other major semiconductor companies. The report quoted South Korean media as saying that the United States adopted a tough attitude this time, asking wafer factories such as TSMC and Samsung to hand over data such as inventory, orders, sales records, which are regarded as trade secrets, on the grounds of improving the transparency of the chip “supply chain.” this may weaken the bargaining power and competitiveness of big companies.

9.According to the survey report of “population and Family basic items of the General Housing Survey of 2020 people” released by the Korean Bureau of Statistics on September 27th, there were 3.14 million adults “gnawing on the elderly” in South Korea last year, of which 650000 were between 30 and 49 years old. The proportion of unmarried people in their 30s set a new record, and the participation rate of adults in social activities hit an all-time low.

10.Data show that Arabica coffee futures, one of the benchmark prices, have risen about 45.8% so far this year. The main reason for driving up coffee futures prices is that the top three coffee exporters-Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia-all have varying degrees of supply problems.

11.US natural gas prices rose 11 percent to $5.706 per million British heat. It was the highest closing price since February 21, 2014 and the biggest one-day increase since February 1 this year. Traders believe the sharp rise in natural gas prices is mainly due to increased demand for US natural gas due to growing concerns about shortages of natural gas and other energy sources in Europe and Asia.

12.European Union Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Centre: the extent of Arctic ice recorded in the past two years has reached an all-time low, declining by an average of nearly 13% every 10 years in the past 50 years, and the area of sea ice has been reduced by the size of six Germans. As a result of ocean warming and melting land ice, sea levels continue to rise at an alarming rate, with the Mediterranean rising by 2.5 mm a year and the world by 3.1 mm a year.