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The Economic Affairs Committee of the Brazilian Senate approved Nilton David as the director of the central bank's monetary policy.Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the SCO: History will continue to prove the great vitality of the "Shanghai Spirit". The departure reception of Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was held in Beijing on the 10th. Zhang Ming said at the meeting that history has proved that the establishment of the SCO is a forward-looking decision, and history will continue to prove that the "Shanghai Spirit" has great vitality.The British Chancellor of the Exchequer called on the EU to grant greater access to the City of London. The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visited Brussels, urged the EU to grant greater access to the City of London, and told the finance ministers of the group that this would help promote their stagnant economic growth. Reeves said: "Britain has a deep global capital market, which can fund the growth needed by the economies in continental Europe."

The United States will use the proceeds from frozen Russian assets to lend to Ukraine. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. Russian Finance Minister Siluanov said last month that since western countries have decided to use Russian assets and income from assets, Russia will also take corresponding actions to freeze the assets of western investors, financial market participants and companies, and will use the income generated from these assets.Bank for International Settlements: Swap spreads are reflecting investors' concerns about excessive bond supply. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) pointed out that huge government loans are having an impact on the global interest rate market, saying that investors have demanded higher premiums for buying sovereign bonds. In its quarterly report released on Tuesday, the agency pointed out that the swap spreads of various currencies and maturities have narrowed rapidly in recent months, which are "signs of possible oversupply". As investors are worried about huge debt and deficit expansion, the yields of government bonds in the euro zone and Japan have recently exceeded comparable swap rates. This leads to the so-called swap spread becoming negative. Because national debt is usually regarded as a safer investment than interest rate swap, it is unusual for the swap spread to enter the negative range. According to the Bank for International Settlements, the negative swap spread seems to reflect the pressure faced by investors and intermediaries because they need to absorb more government bonds in the near future. In the United States, the swap spreads for some maturities have been negative for many years.Xiaomi responded to the first SUV：YU7 is undergoing a large-scale road test. Regarding the question of when Xiaomi YU7 can be bought, Xiaomi responded that Xiaomi YU7 is expected to be officially listed in June and July 2025, and is currently undergoing a large-scale road test, which will continue the same high-quality delivery of Xiaomi SU7. At the same time, generally, new cars will only be announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 1-2 months before listing. Why did Xiaomi YU7 announce it so early? Xiaomi said that it is to remove heavy camouflage as soon as possible and carry out more rigorous road test verification, such as the most accurate NVH verification, energy consumption test and comprehensive durability test. Ensure that Xiaomi YU7 undergoes a more comprehensive and detailed long-term large-scale test before it is officially launched.

Norwegian Natural Gas Company: From December 11th to December 12th, Colesnes Natural Gas Treatment Plant stopped production 6 million cubic meters/day.Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. From December 2 to 13, the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On December 9, the United Nations released a report during the meeting, saying that about three-quarters of the world's land has gradually become dry due to climate change. In addition, the Copernican Climate Change Service of the European Union pointed out in a monthly bulletin of global air surface temperature in November released on December 6 that 2024 will be the hottest year on record in the world, and the current ultra-high temperature is expected to last until the first few months of 2025.The observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant completed routine personnel rotation. The Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant and the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant completed routine personnel rotation that day. The Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian National Guard provided security for the rotation. Three experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived at Zaporoge nuclear power plant as observers, whose task was to supervise and evaluate the operational safety and physical safety of Zaporoge nuclear power plant. Since Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited Zaporoge Nuclear Power Plant for the first time on September 1, 2022, IAEA experts have been stationed at the nuclear power plant to observe.