Traders' interest rate expectations for the European Central Bank remain stable: it is expected to cut interest rates by 127 basis points in 2025.On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.Leshan Guotou Group and others set up an industrial guidance equity investment fund with a capital contribution of 4.5 billion yuan. According to Tianyancha App, recently, Leshan Jiarong Industrial Guidance Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) was established, and the executive partner is Leshan Guorong Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd., with a capital contribution of 4.5 billion yuan, and its business scope includes investment activities with its own funds. According to the partner information, the fund is jointly funded by Leshan State-owned Assets Investment and Operation (Group) Co., Ltd., Leshan Finance Bureau and Leshan Guorong Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.
ECB: Financing conditions are relaxing, ECB: Financing conditions are relaxing. However, because monetary policy is still restrictive and past interest rate hikes are still being transmitted to the credit stock, financing conditions are still tightening. Inflation prospect, core inflation and its transmission will determine the interest rate path.China Seismological Network officially determined that a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred at 13: 40 on December 12 in Baqing County, Naqu City, Tibet (32.28 degrees north latitude and 93.83 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.COMEX silver fell 1.00% in the day and is now quoted at $32.63 per ounce.
Domestic futures opened mixed at night, with Shanghai copper down 0.56%, Shanghai zinc down 0.39%, Shanghai nickel up 1.75%, iron ore up 0.06%, coking coal up 0.42% and crude oil up 1.15%.In the first ten months, Jiangsu's ship exports exceeded 60%, ranking first in the country. According to Nanjing Customs statistics, from January to October this year, Jiangsu exported 85.84 billion yuan of all kinds of ships, ranking first in the country in terms of export scale, with a year-on-year increase of 63.2%. The exports of three main ship types, namely, tankers, container ships and bulk carriers, increased by 179.5%, 91% and 16.2% respectively.Jilin: Promote the high-quality development of ice and snow economy. According to the information office of Jilin Provincial People's Government, the press conference on "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Ice and Snow Economy in Jilin Province" was held on the 12th. The "Implementation Opinions" deployed 30 key tasks in 7 aspects. Zhang Chunda, deputy director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said that from the aspects of promoting infrastructure construction and strengthening policy support, efforts will be made to consolidate the development foundation of the ice and snow industry and help the ice and snow economy accelerate iterative upgrading.