Citigroup: Brazil is unlikely to cut interest rates next year.Institution: Sweden's weak economic data highlights the need to further loosen monetary policy. Torbjorn Isaksson, chief analyst of Nordic United Bank, said that the weak economic data in October highlighted the fragility of Sweden's recovery and needed to further loosen monetary policy to support growth. He said that the decline occurred after the sharp decline in September, indicating that the fourth quarter started very weakly. Isaksson said that household consumption fell by 0.3% in the month, which was disappointing and would be a concern of the Swedish central bank. At the same time, the production of the commercial sector decreased by 0.8% in that month, the production of the construction sector increased, and the manufacturing orders remained basically unchanged. "Overall, the October data is weaker than we expected."After the decline in the second quarter, the labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was revised downwards. After the decline in the previous three months, the increase in labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was lower than the initial value, further proving that the job market is no longer a source of inflationary pressure. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, the unit labor cost increased at an annualized rate of 0.8% from July to September, and decreased by 1.1% after revision in the previous quarter. The initial value of labor costs showed an increase of 1.9% in the third quarter. The adjustment of these two cycles reflects the downward adjustment of hourly salary. During the period from July to September, the annual rate of productivity increased by 2.2%, which was not revised, compared with 2.1% in the previous quarter.
Sharp and KDDI reached a consensus on starting the AI data center in 2025. On December 9, Sharp announced that it had reached a consensus with Japanese telecom giant KDDI, and strived to fully start the AI data center transformed from a factory in 2025. Including Datasection, which is engaged in system development and OEM, and Supermicro, USA, the negotiation between the four companies will be concluded. Four companies reached a consensus in June this year to coordinate the establishment of an operating company and the procurement of a graphics processor (GPU) for generative AI learning and inference.Market news: Egypt calls for a comprehensive political process in Syria.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Asia in January at a discount of $0.60/barrel compared with the average price of Oman/Dubai.
Lvkang Biochemical: The transaction price of selling 9.7768% equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative was 23.27 million yuan. Lvkang Biochemical announced that the company held the board of directors and the board of supervisors on December 9, 2024, and deliberated and passed the proposal of selling 9.7768% equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative. The equity will be transferred to Fujian Putan Thermal Energy Co., Ltd. at a transfer price of 23.27 million yuan. After the transaction is completed, the company will no longer hold the equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative. The transaction still needs to be approved by the financial supervision department and submitted to the shareholders' meeting for deliberation.Hong Kong held an insurance forum to share the advantages of a global risk management center, and the Hong Kong Insurance Regulatory Authority held the 2024 Asian Insurance Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the 10th. Focusing on "Meeting the Challenges of Global Market Fluctuation", the forum brought together more than 400 professionals from insurance, banking and asset management, regulators, law enforcement agencies and related institutions to share the advantages of Hong Kong as a global risk management center and explore the prospects and challenges of global financial markets. (Xinhua News Agency)France's nuclear power generation hit its highest level since January 19th.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide