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Mackler, Governor of the Bank of Canada: Canada has not experienced the typical widespread unemployment phenomenon during the recession for the time being. Most of the depreciation of the Canadian dollar is actually driven by the appreciation of the US dollar; The Canadian dollar has not changed much compared with other major currencies.Bitcoin stood at $101,000/piece, up 4.56% in the day.Trump plans to abolish a policy that "sensitive places" can arrest illegal immigrants. US President-elect Trump plans to abolish a policy that restricts US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting immigrants in or near "sensitive places", such as in churches, schools and hospitals, or at funerals, weddings and public demonstrations. According to some sources, US President-elect Trump plans to abolish this policy on the first day of his inauguration. According to the report, the move aims to improve the power and speed of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau to arrest immigrants across the United States. It is reported that this policy began in 2011, prohibiting agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau from arresting immigrants in sensitive locations without the approval of the supervisor.

Societe Generale: The disclosure of regulatory capital requirements will take effect on January 1, 2025.The winning bid rate of US 10-year Treasury bonds is 4.235%, and the bid multiple is the highest in eight years. The winning bid rate of US Treasury's $39 billion 10-year Treasury bonds auction is 4.235%, and the pre-issue transaction rate is 4.252% when the bidding closes at 1 pm new york time. The allocation ratio of primary dealers is 10.5%, which is lower than the previous auction. The proportion of indirect bidders was increased to 70%, and the proportion of direct bidders was 19.5%. The bid multiple of 2.70 is the highest since 2016, and the average of the first six auctions is 2.54 times.Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again, and experts such as CITIC Mingming have paid attention to exchange risk. Since December, many bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves dollar wealth management products. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. Although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%.

The data shows that from January to November, 2024, the financing scale of the IPO market in the UK fell by about 9% to US$ 1 billion. Looking around the world, the scale of IPO in London market fell to the 20th place this year, ranking behind Oman. Due to the low valuation and weak liquidity, many companies turn their IPO destinations to other places (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, etc.).The Nasdaq hit a record high of 20,000 points for the first time, and the Nasdaq continued to rise, hitting 20,000 points for the first time, setting a record high. The Nasdaq has risen by more than 33% this year. Star technology stocks rose, with Tesla, Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta and Netflix all hitting intraday record highs.The President of the United Arab Emirates held talks with the King of Jordan to discuss the situation in Syria. On the 11th, local time, UAE President Mohammed and King Abdullah II of Jordan held talks in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, focusing on the close relationship between the two countries and the latest regional situation development. During the talks, the two sides reviewed the developments in Syria, reaffirmed their consistent position of supporting Syria's unity, stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stressed the importance of safeguarding its state institutions. In addition, the two sides also expressed their commitment to support initiatives that meet the aspirations of the Syrian people and stressed the importance of Syria's stability to the region and the Arab world. During the talks, the two sides stressed that it is necessary to intensify efforts to strengthen regional stability and prevent conflicts in the region from escalating. (CCTV)