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National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC): Nearly 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been put into specific projects and are accelerating construction and implementation. Chengfeng Zhao, deputy director of the Investment Department of the NDRC, said that since the beginning of this year, the NDRC has made great efforts to increase government investment support, pay more attention to the accuracy and effectiveness of investment, and give full play to the driving amplification effect of government investment. This year, about 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been arranged, including 700 billion yuan of investment in the central budget, 1 trillion yuan of ultra-long-term special government bonds, 3.12 trillion yuan of local government special bonds for project construction, and 1 trillion yuan of additional government bonds in 2023, which are mainly used this year. At present, nearly 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been put into concrete projects, and the construction and implementation are being accelerated.Zhang Jun, chief economist of Galaxy Securities, believes that it is expected that the Bank of China will cut interest rates and RRR more vigorously next year, and the policy interest rate may be lowered by 40-60 basis points for the whole year, leading the five-year LPR to decline by 60-100 basis points, and the RRR may be lowered by 150-250 basis points for the whole year.The suspect involved in the murder of new york, CEO of American insurance giant, was arrested in Pennsylvania. According to foreign media reports, a 26-year-old man was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday, and the new york police regarded him as the person involved in the shooting of Brian Thompson, a joint health insurance executive, in Manhattan. Thompson, 50, died after being shot in the back and legs outside the Hilton Hotel in downtown new york. Police said it was a targeted murder. The man named Luigi Mangione was recognized by employees while eating at a local McDonald's restaurant. The police said that he had a declaration, multiple false identities, an untraceable so-called "ghost gun" and a silencer with him. A person familiar with the matter said that the man carried with him a declaration against capitalism and criticizing medical enterprises for seeking profits.

Lilly approved a $15 billion share repurchase and will raise its dividend.The phenomenal world tour of "Mould Mould" ended, earning over 2 billion dollars in two years. After nearly two years and about 150 performances, the phenomenal world tour of American singer "Mould Mould" Taylor Swift finally ended on December 8. According to the Associated Press reported on the 9th, Swift's world tour concert started in Glendale, Arizona, USA on March 17th, 2023, and lasted for more than 20 months, and it went through 53 cities around the world, with a total of 149 performances and 10.1 million fans ... The last performance ended in Vancouver, Canada on December 8th. This grand tour extended from the United States to South America, Asia and Europe, and became a global phenomenal event, which was a great commercial success: by the end of 2023, the Swift-era concert tour had become the first tour in the world with a total income of more than 1 billion US dollars. According to the statistics of Pollstar, the industry publication of the concert, the total tour revenue will exceed $2 billion after the series of tours are completed on December 8. (Global Times)In less than 24 hours, more than 200 earthquakes occurred in El Salvador. On the morning of December 9, local time, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador reported that there were 224 earthquakes in the country in the past less than 24 hours. The report shows that the eastern part of El Salvador is the region with the most frequent earthquakes. Frequent earthquakes in this area have caused houses to collapse, landslides and falling rocks. On the evening of the 8th local time, the magnitude of the earthquake near Conchado reached 5.6, followed by several earthquakes of magnitude 2.5-5. In addition, the geological faults in Raonyon province have been active recently, and earthquakes of magnitude 5.8 or above may occur.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Nevada, USA. On December 9, local time, according to the preliminary data of the US Geological Survey (USGS), a 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Nevada, USA, with the epicenter located 22 kilometers north-northeast of Yerington.What signal does the return of monetary policy to "moderate easing" release? Experts explained that the Politburo meeting on December 9 specifically pointed out that a moderately loose monetary policy should be implemented next year. Experts said that the new tone of monetary policy is a change worthy of attention in this Politburo meeting. Experts said that the tone of China's monetary policy had mainly emphasized "stability" for many years before, and this adjustment was "moderately loose", which was related to the overall domestic and international economic situation. After combing the previous statements, the reporter found that the last time "moderately loose" was used to describe monetary policy, it was around 2008-2010. Since then, from 2011 to the present, monetary policy has been using "steady". This adjustment is the first time in more than a decade. Experts said that this adjustment of the tone of monetary policy is also further strengthening the expected management and sending a clear monetary policy signal to the market. Experts said that it is expected that in the future, monetary policy will continue to strengthen its support for major strategies, key areas and weak links. (CCTV News)The offshore RMB (CNH) was quoted at 7.2675 yuan against the US dollar at 05:59 Beijing time, up 168 points from last Friday's late session in new york, and the whole trading in the day was in the range of 7.2927-7.2572 yuan.