German Chancellor Scholz: It is necessary to prevent electricity prices from rising before 2025. A plan has been put forward to prevent the power grid funds from rising. The Bundestag can also vote on this before the Christmas holiday.MetLife and General Atlantic are planning to form a reinsurance joint venture. It is reported that MetLife and General Atlantic are forming a reinsurance joint venture, which is the latest trend that insurance companies and alternative fund management companies jointly improve the return on low-risk insurance assets. Chariot Reinsurance, the joint venture, will have an initial equity of more than $1 billion, with MetLife and General Atlantic Insurance each holding about 15%. In addition, the insurance company Chubb will also become one of the major investors in the joint venture. The joint venture will be established in the first half of 2025, led by Cynthia Smith, who recently served as the head of the regional welfare business of Metropolitan Insurance Group.Polish and Estonian Prime Ministers held talks to discuss regional security and other issues. Polish Prime Minister Tusk met with Estonian Prime Minister michal in Warsaw on December 11th, local time. The two countries discussed the issues of aid to Ukraine, regional security and cooperation, and Poland's taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union. Michal pointed out at a news conference that it is necessary for NATO member countries to spend more than 2.5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense, and Estonia has already exceeded 2% of GDP in 2022. Michal pointed out that NATO countries are still lacking in air defense and ammunition production capacity, which must be solved quickly. Tusk said that he shared the same attitude with michal on regional security and aid to Ukraine, and he hoped that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could be ended in a way acceptable to all. (CCTV News)
Treasury yields fell, while the Bloomberg dollar spot index erased gains.After the release of CPI data, the yield of US Treasury bonds fluctuated and fell, and the yield of 10-year Treasury bonds reported 4.236%. The yield of two-year US Treasury bonds fell to 4.149%, and the yield curve of 2/10 US Treasury bonds steepened to 8.7 basis points.Layoff nearly 40%? Extremely more rumors: false statements, extremely more recently, some negative information has been sent out. Some netizens posted on social media that the more layoffs are started, the scale is close to 40%. In this regard, the reporter asked the extreme Vietnamese side for verification, and the other party said that the above rumors were false statements. In addition, the Automobile Legal Department of Extreme Vietnam also issued a document through Weibo, saying that some people spread false statements about the management and operation of Extreme Vietnam on the Internet, and the rumors have had a bad influence on the normal operation of the company. At present, the company is operating as usual, and relevant information is released through official channels. As for the rumors spread on the Internet, the company has retained evidence, reflected and reported them to the competent authorities, and has taken necessary legal measures to further investigate the legal responsibility of the rumors. Please don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors. (per meridian)
U.S. stock index futures expanded before the market, with S&P 500 futures up 0.4%, Nasdaq futures up 0.6% and Dow futures up 0.2%.The US CPI data is in line with expectations, and the euro zone bonds are basically flat.JPMorgan Chase downgraded C3.ai(AI.N), saying that the cost of artificial intelligence games is too high.