China calls for supporting Afghanistan to rebuild its financial system and eradicate the breeding ground for terrorism. On December 12, local time, the UN Security Council reviewed the situation in Afghanistan, paying attention to the serious restrictions on women's rights and interests in the country and the still insufficient humanitarian funds. The Chinese representative pointed out that Afghanistan is currently at a critical stage of peaceful reconstruction, and the international community should play a better role in solving the outstanding problems facing Afghanistan. Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, pointed out that humanitarian relief concerns the vital interests of all Afghan people and must not be used as a bargaining chip for political pressure. China calls on traditional donors to increase capital investment, especially on the United States to unconditionally unfreeze and fully return overseas assets belonging to the Afghan people. Affected by unilateral sanctions, Afghanistan's banking system has been isolated from the international financial system for a long time. Relevant countries should immediately and unconditionally lift illegal unilateral sanctions and support Afghanistan in rebuilding its financial system.The first fiscal quarter EPS of the market opener/Costco was $4.04, and analysts expected $3.81.The Federal Reserve's loan balance in the discount window in the week of December 11th was $2.61 billion, compared with $2.43 billion in the previous week. The balance of bank term financing loans in the week of December 11th was 15.6 billion US dollars, compared with 17.1 billion US dollars in the previous week.
WTI crude oil futures closed down 0.38%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed down 0.27 US dollars, down 0.38% to 70.02 US dollars/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed down 0.11 US dollars, down 0.15% to 73.41 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 2.28% at $3.4550/million British heat. Google successfully attacked OpenAI:ChatGPT Vision was launched in the middle of the night. Yesterday, after Google enlarged its recruitment to release Gemini 2 and provided free services, OpenAI followed closely today (12-day conference Day6) and launched the long-awaited ChatGPT Vision function, bringing users a richer multi-modal interactive experience. In addition to the original advanced voice mode, you can now make video calls with ChatGPT, share the screen, and interact with Santa Claus in real time. The entire conference lasted for 11 minutes.
Brazil's stock index closed down 2.67%, the biggest drop since January 2023 after the Brazilian central bank raised interest rates.US National Security Adviser Sullivan: I believe that the Gaza agreement may be reached soon. US National Security Adviser Sullivan said on Thursday that he believes that an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza may be reached soon, because Israel has indicated that it is ready and Hamas has shown signs of action.Economic Daily commentator's article: Keep prices at a reasonable level. The Economic Daily issued a document saying that it is foreseeable that the implementation of macro-policies will create a better monetary and financial environment for economic growth and price stability, and also help to accelerate the formation of a virtuous circle of mutual promotion of consumption and investment, and promote a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand. Price is the "thermometer" of macroeconomic operation, the "wind vane" of market allocation of resources, and the "baton" of micro-management. Too high or too low is not conducive to economic and social development. In the short term, the decline in price level will help reduce the burden on consumers. However, if the price level continues to run at a low level, enterprises will "increase their income without increasing their profits", and the "involution" competition will intensify, and the motivation for expanding investment will weaken, which will further reduce employment opportunities and slow down the growth of wage income. Too low a price level will also raise the real interest rate, which may inhibit economic activities.