Nevertheless, MLCC suppliers are now seeing relatively flat growth for 3Q24 orders related to smartphones, laptops, and general-purpose servers, with growth rates averaging less than 10%. On the other hand, the demand related to AI servers has been steadily rising since the unveiling of the new generation of Blackwell chips at NVIDIA’s GTC conference in the first quarter. Then, in June, with NVIDIA and its partners in the supply chain promoting their technologies at Computex, major ODMs including Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron have also released positive forecasts for 3Q23 orders related to NVIDIA’s GB200, with QoQ growth rates averaging 15-20%...
As indicated by the Beige Book published by the Federal Reserve System at the end of May, economic activities have been continuously expanding between early April and mid-May in the US, though the fluctuating inflation has escalated enterprises’ pessimism towards the future. A key piece of economic statistics points to the respective YoY growth of 2.7% and 2.8% in PCE and core PCE during April, which although adhered to the expectations of economists, shows that PCE is indeed diminishing...
According to the Consumer Confidence Index data released by the University of Michigan in May, the index for American consumers has reached 67.4, hitting a six-month low. Hence, there is a lack of progress in cooling down inflation in the US, and there are even concerns about a potential resurgence of inflation. In view of this situation, consumers have been worrying about the risk of prices of goods returning to an annual increase of 3.5% next year...
The US economic data for 2Q24 has been mixed. The latest reports show that the US CPI rose by 3.4% YoY for April, with a lower growth rate as expected by the market. However, the country’s PPI unexpectedly climbed up in the same month, reaching a 12-month high with a YoY increase of 2.2%. This indicates that the trend of inflation is fluctuating in the US. Although the US Federal Reserve has stated that it is not considering raising interest rates, any rate cuts will likely be further delayed. The Fed’s view is that maintaining a high-rate environment may be necessary at the present...
1. Overview of Global Macroeconomic Conditions in 1Q24
2. Market Shares of Top 10 MLCC Suppliers in 1Q24
3. Production Capacity and Shipments of Top 10 MLCC Suppliers
4. BB Ratio
5. Inventory Levels of Top 10 MLCC Suppliers
6. Quarterly Shipments of Top 10 MLCC Suppliers
7. Supply-Demand Dynamics of MLCC Market in 2Q24
8. Price Trends of Different Categories of MLCCs in 3Q24
9. Annual MLCC Demand from Major Applications
10. Revenues of Top 10 MLCC Suppliers
During this year’s five-day May Day holiday in Mainland China, a wave of domestic travel had once again emerged. Not only were tickets for various tourist attractions across the country in high demand, but air and land transportation services were also fully booked. According to data from the country’s Ministry of Transport, the number of transport passengers in the country is estimated to have reached 56.99 million on May 1st, comparable to the figure resulting from this year’s Lunar New Year rush. This also indicates that China’s domestic consumption preference still leans towards travel and outdoor activities...
On March 19, the Bank of Japan announced the end of its 17-year policy of maintaining negative interest rates. The country’s unsecured overnight call rate, which had previously been in the -0.1% to 0% range, rose to the range of 0% to 0.1%. This marks the first interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan since February 2007 and makes Japan the last country in the world to end the negative interest policy...
Also, according to feedback from MLCC suppliers, the demand from tenders related to Japan’s Giga School is lower than expected this year, dropping by nearly 10% compared with 2023. Additionally, Dell and HP have started selling AI notebook (laptop) computers that run on Intel’s Meteor Lake CPU platform through e-commerce websites and channel retailers...
Inflation in Europe and the US continues to ease, and central banks in many countries are considering lowering interest rates this year due to weak economic data. However, the long-term pressure from high interest rates on financing and borrowing has affected consumers’ purchasing power and continues to squeeze the profitability of various businesses...
The National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which are the two major annual events for observing the directions of the Chinese government’s economic policies, took place on March 4th in Beijing...