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US Treasury Secretary Yellen: I also expressed my concern about fiscal responsibility. We need to cut the deficit. I hope that Congress can try to pay for any extension of Trump's personal tax cuts passed in 2017.Non-performing loan intermediaries have drawn a clear line between banks to prevent "endorsement". Recently, many banks have issued statements to "clear the relationship" with loan intermediaries. On December 9 alone, many banks, such as Taiyuan Rural Commercial Bank, Chifeng Yuanbaoshan Rural Commercial Bank and Xintian Rural Bank of Xinjiang County, issued statements that they had not cooperated with any intermediary in loan business. The insiders believe that at present, when banks are preparing for a "good start" in the coming year, some banks' grass-roots institutions or account managers privately increase cooperation with loan intermediaries in order to achieve performance indicators. Formal loan intermediaries help banks get customers and live customers, but non-performing loan intermediaries are mixed in the market, and their non-compliance practices make consumer complaints frequent and bring reputation risks to banks. (CSI)The latest 24-hour situation tracking of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict situation: 1. Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian troops controlled the village of Zhovte in eastern Ukraine. 2. The governor said that Russian missiles attacked Ukraine, killing three people and injuring five others. 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin: A sufficient number of Hazelnut missiles will effectively eliminate the need to use nuclear weapons. Others: 1. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it would allocate 20 billion U.S. dollars in loans to Ukraine. 2. According to the Tass news agency, Russia resumed passenger railway traffic with North Korea. 3. President of Ukraine: The current focus is not on lowering the age of conscription in Ukraine. 4. Kremlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Indian Defense Minister. 5. The United States approved the sale of F-16 fighter maintenance services and related equipment to the Ukrainian government at a cost of $266.4 million. 6. Kremlin: Russia's goal in Ukraine can be achieved through special military actions or negotiations. There are still no negotiations on Ukraine. 7. Belarusian President Lukashenko: There are about 30 locations in Belarus where hazel missiles can be deployed. The response to the invasion will be immediate, including the use of nuclear weapons.

General Motors said that it will give priority to the development of advanced driver assistance systems to realize fully automatic personal cars and make persistent efforts on the basis of super cruise.The quarterly rate of manufacturing activity in New Zealand in the third quarter was -1.2%, and the previous value was 0.60%.The "Debt Bull" was launched, and a number of treasury bonds futures reached new highs. According to the analysis, the downward trend of broad-spectrum interest rates is expected to continue to support the bull market in the bond market. On December 10, 30-year, 10-year, 5-year and 2-year treasury bonds futures all hit record highs. Looking at it for a long time, since the beginning of this year, 30-year treasury bond futures have risen by nearly 16%, 10-year treasury bond futures have risen by over 5%, and 5-year treasury bond futures have risen by over 3%. Analysts pointed out that the logic of broad-spectrum interest rate downward has run through the whole year of 2024, and it is expected to continue to form an important support for the bond market in the long run. The recent market strength is not only an emotional effect at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, but also a blocking point to dredge and guide the overall downward trend of interest rates. Shen Wanhongyuan believes that in the short term, profit-taking behavior may increase after the low interest rate, but this is not the core factor that dominates the market. Shen Wanhongyuan said that the rate cut of policy interest rate in 2025 may not be less than 30 basis points. After the deployment of relevant important meetings at the end of the year, specific policies may be gradually implemented in the first quarter of next year. According to Huaxi Securities, looking forward to 2025, the rate of single RRR cut and interest rate cut of monetary policy may not be less than 50 basis points and 20 basis points (the rate in 2024). (Securities Times)

The Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage was opened to traffic today. At 15: 00 on December 11th, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's key traffic project, the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage, will be put into trial operation, adding another "key level" to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's cross-river traffic network. After opening to traffic, the land transit time from Zhuhai to Jiangmen will be shortened from more than one hour to about 30 minutes.Jin Guanping, Economic Daily: Implement more active and promising macro policies. The article points out that the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on December 9 to analyze and study the economic work in 2025, and put forward "implement more active and promising macro policies" and "strengthen unconventional countercyclical adjustment" in view of the macro policy orientation next year, and clearly implement more active fiscal policies and moderately loose monetary policies. This important deployment has released a clear signal of strengthening macro-control and strong and steady growth. Implementing a "more active" fiscal policy means increasing fiscal countercyclical adjustment and improving the effectiveness of fiscal policy while maintaining policy stability and continuity. "Moderately loose" means that monetary policy will better reflect the supportive stance and orientation, maintain a reasonable and sufficient liquidity, and further reduce the comprehensive financing costs of enterprises and residents.The FTSE A50 futures index closed down 0.05% at 13,569.000 points in a row.