Reuters survey: 93 out of 103 economists believe that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on December 18th.Market News: Siemens Medical AG acquires Advanced Accelerator Applied Molecular Imaging Company.Guangzhou Automobile Group's second-generation intelligent robot was publicly unveiled. On December 8-9, the 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference with the theme of "Global Cooperation for a Green Future" was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. The appearance of the second-generation intelligent robot independently developed by Guangzhou Automobile Group at the conference attracted widespread attention. "Embodied intelligence" refers to an agent that has a body and supports interaction with the physical world, and is one of the frontier development directions of artificial intelligence technology. At present, the research and development of Guangzhou Automobile Robot has entered the third generation, and the new humanoid robot will be officially released at the end of this year, which is expected to become one of the important directions for the high-quality development of automobile industry and artificial intelligence industry. (Guangzhou Daily)
In the United States, the annual retail sales rate of red books in the week to December 7 was 4.2%, and the previous value was 7.4%.Reuters survey: 56 out of 97 economists said that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate to 3.50%-3.75% or lower by the end of 2025 (70 out of 99 economists in November).Spot gold hit $2,680 per ounce for the first time since November 25th, rising by 0.74% in the day.
Trump suggested that Canada and Mexico become American states. According to a report by Tass news agency on December 10th, US President-elect Donald Trump suggested that Canada and Mexico become American states. According to reports, Trump said in an interview with NBC: "We provide more than 100 billion US dollars in subsidies to Canada every year. We have provided nearly $300 billion in subsidies to Mexico. Why should we subsidize these countries? If we want to subsidize them, let them (and us) become a country. " According to the report, on November 25, Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on imported goods from Canada and Mexico. According to a report on the website of The Wall Street Journal on December 10th, Canadian Prime Minister justin trudeau said on the 10th that if Trump keeps his promise to impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada, Ottawa will also take tariff measures to fight back. Trudeau said at an event: "Of course, we will respond to unfair tariffs in many ways as we did eight years ago, and we are still studying the appropriate response." The Canadian leader said that there are signs that Americans are "beginning to realize that imposing tariffs on all goods imported from Canada will greatly push up the cost of living for Americans". (Reference message)Huawei signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Huazhong Normal University. On December 10th, according to Huawei China official micro-news, Huazhong Normal University and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in Sanya, Dongguan. According to the agreement, the two sides will establish a comprehensive cooperative relationship in ICT talent training, scientific research innovation and smart campus.Luoyang Molybdenum Industry: Luo Yunxiang was elected as the employee representative supervisor. Luoyang Molybdenum Industry (03993) announced that the seventh board of supervisors of the company recently received a written resignation report from Mr. Li Hongwei. Mr. Li Hongwei applied to resign as a supervisor of the company due to job adjustment.