In the United States, the annual retail sales rate of red books in the week to December 7 was 4.2%, and the previous value was 7.4%.Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The bank's systems and technologies have never been fully integrated.Canadian Finance Minister: Canada will reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio in the medium term.
According to the data of the Federal Reserve Bank of new york, the guaranteed overnight financing rate (SOFR) was 4.63% on the last trading day (December 9), compared with 4.60% on the previous day. The effective federal funds rate on the last trading day was 4.58%, compared with 4.58% the day before.An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in the sea area of Yilan County, Taiwan, with a focal depth of 95 kilometers. The China Seismological Network officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in the sea area of Yilan County, Taiwan (24.75 degrees north latitude and 122.51 degrees east longitude) at 21: 56 on December 10, with a focal depth of 95 kilometers.Foreign capital is buying! Wall Street traders "lay out A shares" have gained huge floating profits. The latest data shows that Wall Street traders are "laying out A shares" through large call options. The data shows that from November 29th to last Friday, Wall Street traders bought nearly 180,000 Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3x Shares ETF (Yinn) call options. Wall Street traders also bought about 210,000 Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2x Shares (code CHAU) call options last week. Among them, CHAU did twice as much as the CSI 300 Index, while YINN did three times as much as the FTSE China A50 Index. U.S. stocks closed overnight, and YINN and CHAU rose by more than 23% and 13% respectively. According to calculation, the book income of the buyers of the above-mentioned YINN and CHAU call options contracts has reached 138 million dollars (about 1 billion yuan). Today, the A-share market opened, and the three major indexes all opened sharply higher. The GEM index rose above 4% at first, and then the market suddenly changed, and the three major indexes quickly fell back. At the close, the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.59%, the Shenzhen Composite Index rose by 0.75%, and the GEM index rose by 0.69%. Looking forward to the A-share market outlook, institutional analysis believes that macroeconomic policies are expected to maintain a positive tone of overweight and countercyclical adjustment, and institutional funds, active funds and retail funds are expected to resonate, driving the A-share "year-end and year-end market" to continue to be interpreted.
The pace of interest rate cuts may be inconsistent. The pound rose to the highest level against the euro since 2022, and the pound rose to the highest level against the euro in more than two and a half years. British government bonds fell because the market expected that the Bank of England would cut interest rates less than Europe. On Tuesday, the pound rose 0.3% against the euro to 82.50p, the first time since April 2022. British government bonds fell across the board, and the 10-year yield rose to 4.33%, the highest since November 28. Traders expect the Bank of England to stay put at its last policy meeting this year next week and maintain a cautious stance on subsequent interest rate cuts. The country's growth remains strong, while inflation in some areas remains high. At the same time, it is widely believed that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday to support the economy. "The 0.8200 mark is imminent," said Brad Bechtel, global foreign exchange director of Jefferies. "It is clear that the Bank of England will still lag far behind the European Central Bank in the pace and extent of interest rate cuts.Finance Minister of Canada: The debt-to-GDP ratio will reach the government target of 42.1% in fiscal year 23-24.Swedish Finance Minister: What I am most worried about now is not American tariffs, but low productivity.