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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.The Japanese yen fell by 0.8% and fell below 151, while the Australian dollar, the commodity currency, rose by over 0.8%. On Monday (December 9, the day after non-farming), the ICE dollar index rose by 0.11% to 106.171 points, which fluctuated violently throughout the day. It was as low as 105.798 points when it was refreshed at 00:01 Beijing time, and then it was pumped back and approached the daily high of 106 when it was refreshed at 12:42. The Bloomberg dollar index rose 0.14% to 1280.69 points, with an intraday trading range of 1276.41-1281.07 points. The dollar rose 0.80% against the yen to 151.20 yen, and the intraday trading range was 149.69-151.35 yen. The euro fell by 0.14% to 1.0553, the pound rose by 0.05% to 1.2751, and the dollar was roughly flat at 0.8788 against the Swiss franc, with a V-shaped reversal at 00:04 to 0.8759 throughout the day. Among commodity currencies, the Australian dollar rose 0.83% against the US dollar, the New Zealand dollar rose 0.58% against the US dollar and the US dollar rose 0.10% against the Canadian dollar. The Swedish krona rose 0.21% against the US dollar and the Norwegian krona rose 0.29% against the US dollar.Ukraine plans to hold a contact group meeting to discuss ending the war through diplomatic means. On December 9, local time, Ukrainian Presidential Press Secretary Nichiforov said that Ukraine plans to hold a contact group meeting in December to discuss the common position of ending the war through diplomatic means. Nichiforov said that the list of contact groups is still being worked out. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 8th that the members of the Contact Group may include Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Poland, Denmark and other countries.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 7.20 points, or 0.09%, at 8430.20 points on Tuesday, December 10th.In November, the sales of new energy passenger cars increased by more than 50%. On December 9, the data released by the Association showed that the national new energy passenger car market retailed 1.268 million vehicles in November, a substantial increase of 50.5% year-on-year. From January to November this year, the cumulative retail sales reached 9.594 million vehicles, up 41.2% year-on-year. Cui Dongshu, Secretary-General of the Passenger Car Association, believes that since the fourth quarter, the sales volume of passenger cars has continued to strengthen. With the countdown of this round of car scrapping and old-for-new policies, the auto market is expected to usher in a "tail-lifting market" in December this year. (CSI)The global central bank's big move at the end of the year is surging in the foreign exchange market, and the end of the year is approaching, and the global central bank has entered an intensive interest rate discussion cycle. In the next two weeks, monetary policy meetings of major central banks around the world will follow one after another-this week, many central banks including the European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Swiss National Bank will announce interest rate resolutions; Next week, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England will also take turns to stir up the market. (SSE)

In order to maintain the "three public" order in the capital market, the regulatory authorities continue to strengthen the prevention and control of insider trading in mergers and acquisitions. Recently, the securities regulatory bureaus in Hunan and Zhejiang have issued a number of tickets for insider trading, which fully demonstrates the determination and attitude of the regulatory authorities to "zero tolerance" for securities illegal activities. Judging from the insider trading cases investigated this year, the field of mergers and acquisitions has become the "hardest hit" for insider trading violations. The reporter learned that regulators are continuing to strengthen the prevention and control of insider trading in mergers and acquisitions, and help maintain the normal functioning of market pricing functions.Bernstein gave AT&T an initial rating for outperforming the market. The target price is $28, which is 20% higher.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)