Market News: Alexander Brothers, a well-known real estate agent, was arrested by the FBI.Traders have increased their bets on the ECB's interest rate cut, and it is now expected that the ECB will cut interest rates by 158 basis points in 2025.The power company said that Nigeria suffered a nationwide power outage due to power grid failure.
If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."Market analysis: The US CPI report is in line with expectations, and the stock market will breathe a sigh of relief. Wasif Latif, chief investment officer of Sarmaya Partners, said that according to the latest US CPI report, the market will not be further impacted. Everything is in line with expectations, and the stock market seems to breathe a sigh of relief, because this is another steady report with no surprises. The stock market seems to be ready for higher-than-expected data, but since there is no accident, the market is relieved. Although the short-term bond market has some reaction, the long-term bond market has no reaction.MicroStrategy rose more than 5%, and Bitcoin strengthened again today, rising nearly 4% to nearly $100,000.
Bank of Canada Governor Mackler M: Monetary policy no longer needs to remain tight. The job market is still weakening. Officials will adopt a more "gradual" interest rate policy.Toronto stock index GSPTSE rose 0.21% to 25,558.81.The Haitian government announced that the Port-au-Prince airport would resume the use of commercial flights. On December 10th, local time, Haitian Prime Minister Alex Fils Aimee announced that the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince would resume its normal use from now on to fly commercial flights. However, due to the ban on take-off flights issued by the US aviation regulator, there is still no news about when the first flights will resume. (CCTV News)