Fitch: The progress of inflation decline seems to have ended. Brian Coulton, chief economist of Fitch, said that the decline of core commodity prices (the main force of inflation decline this year) seems to have ended. With the increase of automobile prices, the core commodity prices rose by 0.3% month-on-month. Service inflation is declining, but the rate of decline is very slow, because rent inflation is stubborn, and the service inflation is 4.6%, which is still far higher than the pre-epidemic level.Goldman Sachs raised the target price of several hotel chain stocks. Goldman Sachs raised the target price of Hilton Hotel from $247 to $277, Hyatt Hotels Group from $151 to $167, and Marriott from $280 to $314.Brazilian Congress Leader: Brazilian President Lula is expected to return to Brasilia after surgery next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Putin: Russia is ready to provide artificial intelligence assistance to countries in the south of the world. Russian President Putin: Artificial intelligence technology should strengthen Russia's national defense capabilities. Russia is ready to provide artificial intelligence assistance to countries in the south of the world. Russia, BRICS countries and other countries have established artificial intelligence alliances to promote artificial intelligence cooperation.Schneider, former CEO of Nestle, was nominated to join the supervisory board of Siemens.The yield of Italian 10-year government bonds fell to the lowest level since mid-August 2022, at 3.162%.
The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index reported 1159.70, up 0.85%.If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone held a listing through train activity to boost the Nasdaq IPO of small and medium-sized enterprises. On December 11th, Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone held a "Nasdaq IPO through train" activity for small and medium-sized enterprises (the second event), which opened up all-round financing channels before, during and after the listing of enterprises, continuously improved the financing ability of small and medium-sized enterprises in the capital market, and boosted the Nasdaq listing of enterprises in its jurisdiction. (Dahe Finance Cube)