Zhu Keli, executive director of China Information Association: Boosting consumption ranks first in the key work next year. Zhu Keli, executive director of China Information Association and founding president of the National Research Institute of New Economics, told reporters that boosting consumption is the top priority of economic work next year, ranking first in the key work next year, which is based on the new changes and new demands of the current economic situation. Among the specific measures to boost consumption, the highlights include the implementation of the special action to boost consumption, the implementation of the "two new" policy, and greater support for the "two new" projects. These measures are aimed at promoting consumption growth in an all-round way by optimizing the consumption environment, increasing consumption supply and improving consumption quality. (SSE)Institution: The European Central Bank may further cut interest rates by 100 basis points in 2025. Des Lawrence, an analyst at State Street Global Investment Management, said that after the European Central Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points, it may cut interest rates by another 100 basis points in 2025. The senior investment strategist said in a report that the European Central Bank can and should cut interest rates further in the coming quarters. Lawrence said that the recent PMI data shows that the economic slowdown is expanding beyond the troubled manufacturing industry, and the service industry is also under pressure.GBP/USD of GBP against USD fell by 1.27, with an intraday decrease of 0.40%.
British Prime Minister Stamer met with the President of the European Council for the first time to confirm his intention to strengthen cooperation. According to the announcement issued by the British Prime Minister's Office, British Prime Minister Stamer met with the President of the European Council antonio costa in Downing Street on the afternoon of December 12th local time. The British Prime Minister's Office said that this was the first meeting between the two men, and the two sides confirmed their intention to strengthen the relationship between Britain and the EU. The British Prime Minister's Office also stated that Costa invited Stamer to attend the informal meeting of EU leaders held in Brussels on February 3, 2025. Stamer was pleased to accept the invitation and looked forward to discussing with the EU how to strengthen strategic cooperation, especially in national defense.On average, the patients who won the bid from more than 6 enterprises for each drug can use the tenth batch of products won by the state in April next year. The reporter learned from the National Medical Insurance Bureau that the tenth batch of centralized drug purchase organized by the state has produced the results of the proposed bid, and 62 drugs have been successfully purchased, all of which have passed the patent period, and are produced by many enterprises and fully competitive. A total of 385 products from 234 enterprises were qualified to be selected, and on average, more than 6 enterprises of each variety planned to win the bid. In April next year, patients can use the bid-winning products after the price reduction of this centralized purchase.The concept of cryptocurrency in US stocks strengthened collectively at the beginning of the session, with Hut 8 and Riot Platforms rising by more than 8%, Bitdeer rising by more than 6%, TeraWulf and CleanSpark rising by more than 3%. In the news, US President-elect Trump announced that he would do some great things in the field of cryptocurrency.
US National Security Adviser Sullivan: When I met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I felt that he was ready to reach an agreement.Netac Technology: A joint working group was established with ZTE to continuously promote the landing of orders. Netac Technology released a record of investor relations activities, and Netac Technology continued to strengthen cooperation with ZTE at the strategic level. The two sides have jointly established a joint working group and continued to promote the landing of orders. The bidding work for some projects has been started. The next step is to focus on obtaining stable and substantial orders and continuously create a computing ecological pattern. In addition, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area storage base covers a wide range, and related work is in the process of promotion. The suspension and restriction of sales of NVIDIA Gaosuanlike has no significant impact on Netac Technology. The company has launched a heterogeneous computing power dispatching platform, and has maintained a good cooperative relationship with domestic computing power card manufacturers. The dispatching platform gives priority to recommending customers to test and adapt domestic computing power cards, and related work is in progress.Dingshi Capital: Liu Yundi was appointed as an executive director, and Dingshi Capital (00804) announced that Ms. Liu Yundi had been appointed as an executive director, effective from December 12, 2024.