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Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further." Barclays: Raise the target price of Standard Chartered from 940p to 970p.

 Before the US stock market: China ETF-Direxion fell by nearly 4% and Broadcom rose by about 14% when it was three times richer. Before the US stock market, China Stock Exchange fell by about 3% and Pinduoduo fell by about 1%. Broadcom rose by about 14%, the company's Q4 profit exceeded expectations, and AI revenue in the whole fiscal year doubled by 220%.In the first three quarters, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Road Freight Development Report (2023-2024) today (13th). According to the report, due to the adjustment of transportation structure, although the proportion of road transportation in China has declined, it is still the main body of the freight market, and road freight has maintained steady growth. According to the report, in the first three quarters of this year, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. From the perspective of freight structure, the proportion of freight undertaken by railway and waterway transportation has increased, while the proportion of road transportation has decreased. In the first three quarters, the volume of road freight transport was 30.66 billion tons, up 3.1% year-on-year, accounting for more than 73%. Road transport is still the main body of the freight market. (CCTV News)

The plan for Indonesian civil servants to move to the new capital was postponed until April next year. On December 13th, local time, Diana Kusu Mastu, Deputy Minister of Public Works of Indonesia, said that the Indonesian government planned to move civil servants to the new capital Nusantara in April 2025. The construction of necessary infrastructure, including residential buildings, is under way, and the current construction progress has exceeded 60%. (CCTV News)US government audit: The FAA must take "urgent action" to modernize the air traffic control system after the shutdown in 2023.Guangdian Express won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project. Recently, Guangdian Express successfully won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project, achieving a major breakthrough at the head office level for the first time in the field of smart treasury. The intelligent solution for the number of local and foreign currency banknotes won this bid strongly supports the business process optimization of ICBC's large local currency and foreign currency, helps to create a new benchmark for smart vaults in the industry, and pushes the intelligent operation of domestic vaults to a new level.