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American natural gas futures fell more than 3.00% in the day and are now reported at $3.351/million British heat.Yonghui Supermarket actively responded to the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and vigorously developed quality retail. Private enterprises actively responded to the spirit of the 2024 Central Economic Work Conference. Yonghui Supermarket said that the meeting gave enterprises a shot in the arm. Yonghui Supermarket helped and learned from the model of "Fat East", and started the store restructuring in many cities across the country, improving the quality of consumption and stimulating the vitality of consumption. The market also gave positive feedback, and the stores were significantly improved in terms of word of mouth, passenger flow, sales volume and employee status. There is a strong demand for high-quality goods and services in the market, and Yonghui Supermarket actively adapts and hands over the answer sheet of "Quality and Happiness" to consumers. Yonghui Supermarket will continue to adjust and reform, vigorously develop quality retail and serve the overall economic situation.Sources: Leaders of Germany, France, Poland, NATO and other countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine. Zelensky will also attend the Ukrainian meeting.

The foreign trade export liner of western land and sea new channel lighters made its maiden voyage. On December 13th, with the container liner Haifeng Guangxi carrying 32 tons of lighters from Shaodong enterprises in Hunan slowly leaving Qinzhou Automation Container Terminal in beibu gulf port, the foreign trade export train of (Hunan/Guizhou-Beibu Gulf Port-Jakarta) western land and sea new channel lighters made its maiden voyage successfully. (Zhongxin. com)ECB officials are expected to cut interest rates further. Villeroy supports the market view, and several ECB officials said that more interest rate cuts are coming. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the French central bank, said that investors' bets on a cumulative interest rate cut of more than 100 basis points seemed reasonable. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on Friday. "Although the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, it seems to be quite reassuring to predict the financial market". The interest rate swap market reflects a rate cut of about 120 basis points by the end of next year. According to informed sources, the European Central Bank plans to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in January next year, and may also cut interest rates once in March.Ministry of Commerce: Innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the starting economy. On December 13, Wang Wentao, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference, and study and deploy the implementation work. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption. We will intensify efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy for consumer goods, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the first-round economy. It is necessary to expand high-level opening to the outside world and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. We will expand independent opening and unilateral opening in an orderly manner, steadily expand institutional opening, and promote the free trade pilot zone to improve quality and efficiency and expand the reform mandate. Efforts should be made to stabilize trade in goods and actively develop service trade, green trade and digital trade. We will deepen the reform of foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, steadily push forward the opening of service industry, expand the pilot projects in the fields of telecommunications, medical care and education, and continue to build the brand of "Investing in China". Promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen and implement, and improve the overseas comprehensive service system.

In November, personal housing loans stabilized and rebounded. On December 13, the central bank released financial statistics for November 2024. The financial data was generally stable and maintained strong support for the real economy. It is noteworthy that the growth rate of household loans has been rising recently, mainly because personal loans have stabilized and rebounded. From the perspective of residents' departments, the short-term and medium-and long-term loans in the first 11 months increased by 1.29 trillion yuan and 453.8 billion yuan respectively, of which the medium-and long-term loans of residents increased by 66.9 billion yuan in November, increasing for two consecutive months. With the intensive introduction and effective implementation of a package of incremental policies, social expectations and market confidence are gradually picking up. Market experts generally predict that the effective financing demand in the market will be further improved, financial resources will flow more to major strategies, key areas and weak links, and financial support for the high-quality development of the real economy will be more powerful and effective. (21 Finance)CapitaMacro: The new French Prime Minister has a long way to go. Jack Allen-Reynolds, an analyst at CapitaMacro, wrote in a report to clients that if the new French Prime Minister wants to form a government and solve the country's troubled financial problems, he will face arduous tasks. Francois bayrou, a veteran centrist politician, was appointed as prime minister by President Macron on Friday. He must now form a government because his short-lived predecessor, Michelle Banier, tried to force through budget legislation and was overthrown by the National Assembly. Bayrou may face the same battle. Reynolds said: "The government seems unlikely to have the will and ability to solve France's financial problems." France's budget deficit this year will further expand, further exceeding the level that European authorities think can be tolerated.Supreme People's Procuratorate: Make full use of the rule of law to serve high-quality development. The reporter learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate on December 13 that the meeting held on the day of the Supreme People's Procuratorate required that procuratorial organs should fully perform their legal supervision duties in accordance with the law, strive to create a harmonious and peaceful social environment, a safe and stable rule of law environment, a fair and just market environment, and a clean business environment, and make full use of the rule of law to serve high-quality development. (Xinhua News Agency)