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Government of India: Appoint Ajay Seth, the current Minister of Economic Affairs, as Minister of Finance.After the decline in the second quarter, the labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was revised downwards. After the decline in the previous three months, the increase in labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was lower than the initial value, further proving that the job market is no longer a source of inflationary pressure. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, the unit labor cost increased at an annualized rate of 0.8% from July to September, and decreased by 1.1% after revision in the previous quarter. The initial value of labor costs showed an increase of 1.9% in the third quarter. The adjustment of these two cycles reflects the downward adjustment of hourly salary. During the period from July to September, the annual rate of productivity increased by 2.2%, which was not revised, compared with 2.1% in the previous quarter.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Asia in January at a discount of $0.60/barrel compared with the average price of Oman/Dubai.

Company interaction: These companies disclosed the latest situation in AI and robotics. On December 10th, a number of listed companies disclosed their latest situation in AI and robotics through interactive platforms and record forms of investor relations activities: AI, 360: Three original AI products have been released this year, and 360 Zhinao provided large-scale model solutions for 20 core industries; Straight flush: HithinkGPT model of the company has deeply empowered internal and business partners; Aimeike: At present, the company's products and services have not been applied to AI technology. Cultural media, wireless media: at present, it has not been laid out in the field of ear economy. Robot, Chaojie shares: in the field of humanoid robots, there are small batches of samples of metal materials; Tongda Power: The servo motor core produced by the company can be applied to robot motors. Synthetic diamond, Guoli Co., Ltd.: The company's magnetron meets the needs of synthetic diamond business and has been promoted in batches. Others, Hongya CNC: the income from exporting products to the US market is relatively low; Huasu Technology: It is actively docking BMS related products in the energy storage field with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited; Wan Liyang: The aluminum alloy die-casting project invested and built by the company in Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province has been put into production; Op Optronics: The subsidiary Changguang Aerospace products can be widely used in the aerospace field; Nanjing Panda: The research and development of a new generation of satellite communication terminals is under way; Electric connection technology: Shanghai hesai technology is the company's customer.According to the data of the Federal Reserve Bank of new york, the guaranteed overnight financing rate (SOFR) was 4.63% on the last trading day (December 9), compared with 4.60% on the previous day. The effective federal funds rate on the last trading day was 4.58%, compared with 4.58% the day before.Fitch: It is expected that the financial situation of the United States will improve moderately in 2025, due to the cyclical rebound of personal and corporate taxes, higher capital gains and tariffs. In view of the spread, the Canadian dollar will continue to weaken, which may offset some of the impact of the US tariff increase.

The pace of interest rate cuts may be inconsistent. The pound rose to the highest level against the euro since 2022, and the pound rose to the highest level against the euro in more than two and a half years. British government bonds fell because the market expected that the Bank of England would cut interest rates less than Europe. On Tuesday, the pound rose 0.3% against the euro to 82.50p, the first time since April 2022. British government bonds fell across the board, and the 10-year yield rose to 4.33%, the highest since November 28. Traders expect the Bank of England to stay put at its last policy meeting this year next week and maintain a cautious stance on subsequent interest rate cuts. The country's growth remains strong, while inflation in some areas remains high. At the same time, it is widely believed that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday to support the economy. "The 0.8200 mark is imminent," said Brad Bechtel, global foreign exchange director of Jefferies. "It is clear that the Bank of England will still lag far behind the European Central Bank in the pace and extent of interest rate cuts.Over 40% of the passengers at Shenzhen Bay Port brush their faces for customs clearance. At Shenzhen Bay Port, the per capita brush their faces for customs clearance for 10 seconds. At the same time as the implementation of the policy of "one sign and multiple lines" for Shenzhen residents to go to Hong Kong, Shenzhen Bay Port recently opened the "brush face clearance" measure. According to the statistics of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station, as of December 9, the number of people who used the "no-show-documents" channel for customs clearance exceeded 630,000, and the number of people who "brushed their faces for customs clearance" accounted for about 43% of the number of people who passed through the express channel in a single day. Passengers in the "ID-free" channel, through the head-up camera, automatic verification of fingerprints, faces and other biometric information, completed the customs clearance inspection within 10 seconds. (CCTV Finance)Villeroi, Governor of the Bank of France: No matter what the political situation is, France needs to rectify its public finances.