Dominion Bank of Toronto: Trust Canada lowered the prime rate by 50 basis points to 5.45%.The US government budget in November was-367 billion US dollars, with an expected-353 billion US dollars and a previous value of-257.5 billion US dollars.The German Chancellor formally proposed a vote of confidence to the Parliament, and German Chancellor Angela Scholz formally proposed to the German Bundestag (the lower house of parliament) on the 11th that a vote of confidence will be held on the 16th. There are 733 members in the German Bundestag. In order to gain the trust of the Bundestag, Scholz must get more than 367 votes to remain in power. However, at present, only the parliamentary group of the German Social Democratic Party with 207 members has expressed its support for the Prime Minister. The parliamentary group of the Green Party, the ruling partner with 117 members, is expected to abstain in the vote of confidence, while the largest opposition Christian Democratic Union will not support Scholz. German media generally believe that Scholz will not be able to vote by confidence unless there is an accident. (Xinhua News Agency)
The consumption potential of the trade-in policy continued to be released. According to the VAT invoice data released by State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China on December 11th, from January to November, the retail sales revenue of household audio-visual equipment such as televisions and household appliances such as refrigerators increased by 15.9% and 18.7% respectively. The sales revenue of furniture retailing and sanitary ware retailing increased by 16.8% and 12.5% respectively. Experts said that recent data from various aspects show that the effect of the trade-in policy for consumer goods has appeared and the consumption potential has been continuously released. In the next stage, with the continuous expansion of the coverage of the "two new" policies and the recent package of economic incremental policies, the policy effect is expected to be further revealed. (CSI)Inflation data released the Fed's interest rate cut in December, but it lit up a yellow light for next year. The latest inflation data may make the Fed more cautious about the pace of interest rate cut, but not now. The latest report shows that inflation in the United States in November was in line with expectations, so investors still generally expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. However, stubborn price pressure also confirms the concern that the progress towards the Fed's 2% target may stagnate. This concern may prompt officials to be more restrained in predicting the number of interest rate cuts in 2025, while waiting for more evidence that inflation will steadily reach the target. Fed policymakers will release new forecasts and interest rate outlook at the end of the policy meeting in Washington on December 17-18. "I think they can safely cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December. The market is ready for this, "said Loretta Mester, former president of Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. "However, they must reconsider next year, because now it seems that the progress of inflation has really stagnated."Onshore RMB against the US dollar (CNY) closed at 7.2615 yuan at 03:00 Beijing time, down 124 points from Tuesday night's close. The turnover was $57.609 billion.
Trump's NASA candidate called his future SpaceX mission a "question mark". On Wednesday, Jared Isaacman, a billionaire in science and technology, who was selected by President-elect Trump, said that his planned private astronaut mission with Musk's SpaceX company "may be put on hold" because he was ready to enter the government to lead NASA.U.S. Treasury officials said that U.S. revenue, expenditure and deficit all hit new highs in November.Public offerings frequently employ conservative products of fund managers to seek attack. Driven by the positive sentiment in the stock market, many fund companies have recently strengthened the "share" of products and the layout of specific tracks by hiring more aggressive fund managers. In the announcements of hiring fund managers by many fund companies, the importance of product "stock" and high flexibility track is highlighted. For example, some conservative funds hire fund managers who like high positions, some funds who buy dividend resources stocks hire internet fund managers, and some funds hope to strengthen the layout of hard technology and hire semiconductor fund managers. The insiders believe that Public Offering of Fund's offensive features in hiring more fund managers are related to his judgment on the positive rebound in the stock market. Many fund companies stressed that even if the market outlook index is average, structural opportunities will be highlighted and the profit-making effect will not decrease, which may be a market feature for a long time to come. (Securities Times)