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India's new central bank governor: policy stability is very important and will try to maintain policy continuity.Kremlin: It is very important to ensure the safety of our bases and diplomatic missions.The Shanghai Stock Exchange approved the refinancing of Dizhe Medicine to support the development of new quality productivity. The announcement of Dizhe Medicine shows that the private placement plan of Dizhe Medicine in science and technology innovation board has been approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This is the first time that the refinancing of unprofitable enterprises in Shanghai Stock Exchange has been approved since the issuance of the Eight Measures on Deepening science and technology innovation board's Reform, Service, Scientific and Technological Innovation and Development of New Productivity by CSRC. As a listed company with the fifth standard in science and technology innovation board, Dizhe Medicine's refinancing has been approved by Shanghai Stock Exchange, which reflects the institutional inclusiveness and support of the capital market for supporting new quality productivity and unprofitable technology-based enterprises with key core technologies, great market potential and outstanding scientific and technological attributes. Dizhe Medicine said that the company's refinancing will help the company to further accelerate product research and development and production base construction, create new quality productivity, implement major national strategies, promote products to the sea, and give scientific and technological impetus to the development of biomedical economy. (Sina Technology)

It is reported that the Bank of Japan thinks that it is no harm to raise interest rates later, but it does not rule out taking action in December. On December 11th, according to informed sources, officials of the Bank of Japan believe that it is not costly to raise interest rates later, and they are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends. The authorities believe that even if the Bank of Japan decides to wait until January or later, it will not pay a huge price, because there are signs that there is little risk that inflation may exceed the target. They also said that if the December meeting proposed to raise interest rates, some officials would not object. According to people familiar with the matter, officials think it is only a matter of time to raise interest rates again, because the economy and inflation are in line with their forecasts. Before announcing the policy decision on December 19, officials will carefully evaluate the data and financial markets before making a final decision.Analysts commented on the US CPI in November: the data is in line with expectations, and there may be four interest rate cuts next year. Brian Jacobsen, chief economist of Annex Wealth Management, said: "There is nothing unexpected in the CPI report, and everything is in line with expectations. Housing cost is still the main driver of inflation. With the employment report and inflation report, nothing can stop the Fed from cutting interest rates by 25 basis points next week. What will be exciting is the summary of the Fed's economic forecast. There may be four interest rate cuts in 2025, and inflation will eventually fall to the target level. "MONDELEZ's share price rose 2.5% before the market, and it was authorized to buy back $9 billion in the news.

HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.The Ministry of Finance successfully issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong. On December 11th, the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC) issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for institutional investors, which was widely welcomed by investors, with a subscription multiple of 3.58 times. Among them, the two-year (additional issuance) is 2 billion yuan, and the issue price is 100.62 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 3-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 101.28 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 5-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 102.41 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.80%.Traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut. After the CPI report was released, swap traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut before the end of 2025. They now predict that by that time, they will cut interest rates by 87 basis points, which means that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. In 2025, there will be another two interest rate cuts of 25 basis points each time, which is less than the four times proposed by Fed officials in the latest quarterly bitmap in September.