Mitsubishi electric will invest $143.5 million to build a heat pump factory in the United States.Barclays: The Central Economic Work Conference released more signals of policy support, which was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. The Barclays research team said that the Central Economic Work Conference provided more forward-looking guidance and released more policy support signals. Barclays said that on the whole, the meeting made it clear that "stable economic growth should be maintained next year" and emphasized "implementing more active macro policies" and "vigorously boosting consumption". The agency believes that regulators are more likely to introduce policies in a gradual manner. At the same time, when measuring the rhythm, scale and composition of the next round of measures, we should focus on the development and changes of real estate and stock market. Barclays expects that a more specific financial plan will be announced in March next year. In terms of monetary policy, the meeting proposed to implement a "moderately loose monetary policy". Barclays believes that this change in wording and position has released a positive signal, especially considering the current environment, it is expected that the central bank may cut interest rates significantly in the future. (SSE)Japanese Prime Minister's Assistant: Japan must be prepared for Trump to impose tariffs. Japanese Prime Minister's Assistant Akihisa Nagashima said that Japan needs to be prepared for US President-elect Trump's threat to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and adjust the supply chain to reduce the collateral damage suffered by Japanese enterprises. In an interview with the media on Thursday, Akihisa Nagashima said that he had "frank" communication with Trump team members on tariff issues during his recent visit to the United States. "I realized that Japan must be ready for Trump to implement his plan," he said. Akihisa Nagashima said that these tariff measures may encourage Japan to reduce its dependence on these three countries, where some Japanese companies operate and parts made in Japan are transported to these three countries to manufacture finished products for export to the United States. "Japanese companies will certainly try to restructure the supply chain," he pointed out. "This is economically reasonable." (Interface News)
Deutsche Bank: There is little hope that the British economy will rebound at the end of the year. Sanjay Raja, an economist at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a research report that the British economy will face more twists and turns in the future. Data released on Friday showed that Britain's GDP contracted again in October from the previous month, which surprised the market. Raja said that business surveys predict that economic activity will further weaken in the last few months of this year. In his research report, he reminded investors that the uncertainty in taxation and expenditure, coupled with the reduction in retail and service consumption caused by bad weather, added more resistance to Britain's fragile economic recovery.Villeroi, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: Interest rates will be cut several times next year. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank, said that the European Central Bank will further reduce borrowing costs in 2025, and there is still a way to go before monetary policy is no longer restrictive. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on BFM Business TV on Friday He added that the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, but was "quite satisfied with the financial market forecast". The current expectation of the swap market is to cut interest rates by about 120 basis points by the end of next year.Astana Airlines resumed the route from Urumqi to Astana. On December 13th, according to Astana Airlines, Astana Airlines resumed the Urumqi-Astana flight from December 1st, with 2 flights per week. The resumed KC flight KC287 departs from Astana (NQZ) at 19: 30 every Tuesday and Saturday and arrives in Urumqi (URC) at 1: 00 the next day; KC288 departs from Urumchi (URC) at 2 o'clock every Wednesday and Sunday and arrives in Astana (NQZ) at 1: 45, all of which are local time. In addition, Astana Airlines also operates regular flights from Urumqi to Almaty, four times a week.
Nigeria: About 130,000 members of Boko Haram have surrendered in the past five months. Christopher Moussa, chief of staff of Nigeria's defense, said on the 12th that nearly 130,000 members of the extremist organization Boko Haram have surrendered in the past five months. Moussa, attending the African Security Watch Conference in Doha, Qatar, said that from July 10th to December 9th, a total of 30,426 Boko Haram militants, 36,774 women and 62,265 children members of the organization surrendered. (Xinhua News Agency)Jiangxi procuratorate prosecuted Gao Zhunhu's suspected bribery case according to law. Recently, Gao Zhunhu (deputy department level), former deputy secretary and vice chairman of Jingdezhen CPPCC in Jiangxi Province, was under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Provincial People's Procuratorate, and Pingxiang Municipal People's Procuratorate filed a public prosecution with Pingxiang Intermediate People's Court according to law. The case is being further processed. At the stage of examination and prosecution, the procuratorate informed the defendant Gao Zhuhu of his litigation rights according to law, interrogated the defendant according to law and listened to the opinions of the defenders. The Pingxiang Municipal People's Procuratorate sued the accusation: the defendant Gao Zhuhu used to be the secretary, deputy secretary and director of the Party Working Committee of Jingdezhen Ceramic Industrial Park, the secretary of the Party Working Committee of Jingdezhen Central City Changnan Development Zone, the party secretary and chairman of Jingdezhen Urban Construction and Development Investment Co., Ltd., the party secretary and chairman of Jingdezhen Urban Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd., and the party working Committee secretary of Jingdezhen Changnan New District. Jingdezhen High-tech Industrial Development Zone, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee, director of the management committee and other positions, seek benefits for others, illegally accept other people's property, the amount is particularly huge, and should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes according to law.Ha Sanlian: Four kinds of drugs are planned to win the bid for national centralized procurement. Ha Sanlian announced that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lanxi Pharmaceutical participated in the tenth batch of national centralized procurement of drugs organized by the state. The company's esmolol hydrochloride injection, pentoxifylline injection, potassium chloride injection, and tandospirone citrate tablets of Lanxi Pharmaceutical intend to win the bid for this centralized procurement. If the subsequent purchase contract is signed and implemented, it will help to expand the sales of related products and improve the market share and brand influence. The prices of the above-mentioned drugs are respectively 1.34 yuan for esmolol hydrochloride injection, 0.59 yuan for pentoxifylline injection, 0.16 yuan for potassium chloride injection and 6.56 yuan for tandospirone citrate tablets.