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今日必读：
• **财长查默斯访问中国**：澳大利亚财长詹姆斯·查默斯将在本周四开始对中国进行为期一周的访问。这是过去七年里，澳大利亚最高经济决策者首度访问中国。在两国贸易关系紧张的情况下，这次会面旨在缓和双方的关切。
• **月度通胀降至3年最低点**：数据显示，在8月份，澳大利亚的通货膨胀率下降至2.7%，为近三年来首次低于央行目标上限（3%）。政府的补贴帮助降低了电力价格。联邦法院裁定Vanguard Investments Australia因误导性绿色基金宣传需赔付1,290万澳元，这是迄今为止就环境洗绿行为发出的最大罚单。
• **煤炭审批争议与市场变动**：澳大利亚批准了三个煤矿的扩张项目，引发了对政府减排努力的质疑。同时，在美元市场上，Coronado矿业的一家子公司出售了一项投资。铁矿石价格在亚洲交易中连续两天上涨，有分析认为中国大规模刺激经济政策可能提振需求。这导致澳大利亚铁矿石采矿企业的股价继续攀升。
• **标普500指数下跌与利率预期**：美股标普500指数在投资者评估未来利率走向时下跌，其中包括了对美国联邦储备系统下一次行动的创纪录期货预测。
• **中国向极贫人群发放一次性援助**：中国宣布将向极度贫困的人群提供一次性资金援助，此举发生在刚刚公布的旨在刺激世界第二大经济体的一系列全面政策之后。这是中国政府直接援助的一项罕见措施。
• **Quad同盟态度变化与南中国海局势**：卡丽什玛·瓦苏安尼在Bloomberg Opinions上撰文指出，Quad联盟（由美国、澳大利亚、日本和印度组成的四方安全对话）正通过避免明确提及与中国之间的紧张关系，来实现该地区的正常化。
• **米克隆公司股价上涨与AI需求**：内存芯片制造商米克隆的股票上涨13%，得益于对人工智能设备需求的良好预期以及超出市场预期的收益预测。预计第一季度收入将达到87亿美元，超过分析师估计的83.2亿美元，部分原因是特定高带宽存储器产品的订单增长。
• **香港消费税可能下调**：作为减轻成本压力的一部分，香港正计划削减酒精类饮料的税收，以帮助当地居民应对接近历史水平的租金。这对寻求控制开支的香港市民来说是一个积极的迹象。
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请注意，“月度通胀”、“通货膨胀率”等专业术语已被替换为更符合中文阅读习惯的表述，并对原文中涉及时间、日期的部分进行了调整和优化，使之更适合中国读者的阅读理解。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Australia News Today: Chalmers China visit, iron ore prices, cooling inflation
新闻日期：2024-09-25
原文摘要：
Good morning, it’s Georgie here in Sydney with this morning’s top news for you.Today’s must-reads:• Chalmers starts • Monthly inflation • Iron ore The Bloomberg Australia Podcast is coming today! Each week, host sits down with journalists across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra to lift the lid on the biggest stories shaping Australia’s place in global business. Get ahead of the curve in less than 15 minutes every week and subscribe on , or wherever you listen.Treasurer Jim Chalmers will begin a to China Thursday, the first by the nation’s top economic decision-maker in seven years. He will meet with his counterparts as concerns grow over a slowdown in the country’s top trading partner.Australia’s monthly inflation to 2.7% year on year in August to the lowest in three years, according to a partial gauge. That’s the first time since August 2021 that it has fallen below the 3% upper band of the Reserve Bank’s target. Government rebates helped drive down power prices. The federal court has Vanguard Investments Australia A$12.9 million for making misleading claims about a fund, the highest penalty issued in the country so far over greenwashing.Australia approved the expansion of three , sparking criticism about the government’s efforts to keep emissions in check. In other coal mining news, a unit of Coronado sold a in the dollar market. Iron ore rallied for a second day in Asia trade on Wednesday, amid speculation that China’s mammoth stimulus package would help to bolster demand. Aussie iron ore mining stocks also extended gains. The S&P 500 declined and as investors pondered the future path of interest rates — including a who made a record futures bet on the Fed’s next move. China said it will give one-off to people in extreme poverty before Tuesday, in a rare announcement of direct aid just a day after unveiling a sweeping program to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy.Meanwhile, the Quad alliance is normalizing in the South China Sea by not explicitly calling them out, writes Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion. Micron surged 13% after giving surprisingly and profit forecasts, helped by demand for AI gear. First-quarter revenue will be about $8.7 billion, topping the $8.32 billion estimate, aided by orders for a type of product called high-bandwidth memory.• August job vacancies data, 11:30 a.m. in Sydney• RBA Financial Stability Review, 11:30 a.m. in SydneyHong Kongers may soon pay less for the under a city plan to cut taxes on spirits. Residents need any help they can get to keep costs down, with rents approaching a .
