On December 20, local time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 366 in favor and 34 against to pass the emergency appropriations bill to prevent the government from "shutting down". The new bill will continue to fund the U.S.

From January to November, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 8,968.6 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 7.1 percent, of which the power generation of industries above designated size was 8,568.7 billion kilowatt hours.

UK inflation rose to an eight-month high in November, further above the Bank of England's 2% target, supporting expectations that the central bank will keep interest rates unchanged at its final meeting of the year.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Improving and Strengthening the Market Value Management of Listed Companies Controlled by Central Enterprises"

Fu Linghui, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference on the 16th that on the whole, although it has faced many difficulties and challenges since the beginning of this year, China's economic foundation is stable, with many advantages, strong resilience and great potential, and the long-term supporting conditions and basic trends have not changed.

The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification closed in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on the 14th local time after "extra time".

According to the OPEC monthly report, the global economic growth forecast for 2024 is unchanged at 3.1%, and the global economic growth forecast for 2025 is unchanged at 3%; Raising the forecast for U.S.

The Japanese government is planning to propose a corporate tax hike from April 2026 to cover higher defense spending, with the goal of doubling the defense budget to 2% of GDP by 2027. The government also proposed a tobacco tax increase in April 2026 and an income tax increase in January 2027.

According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on December 10, imports and exports in November were 3.75 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%, and monthly imports and exports maintained growth for eight consecutive months.

On Monday, coking coal led the decline in the black series, with prices hitting a two-month low. At present, the terminal demand is in the seasonal off-season, steel prices fluctuate and fall, the profit of steel mills is poor, the pace of replenishment slows down

On December 6, the reporter learned from the Shanghai Border Inspection Station that from January to November this year, the Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 entry and exit (port) transport vehicles at Shanghai Port

China Grain Reserves Group Corporation issued an announcement that, in accordance with the work arrangements of relevant departments, China Grain Reserves Group Corporation and its affiliated related enterprises will continue to increase the scale of domestic corn production in 2024 in the northeast and other major corn producing areas in the near future, and actively enter the market to carry out purchases.

According to foreign media reports, industry analysis shows that Thailand's palm oil production estimate for 2023/24 was lowered by 3.2% to 3.32 million tons due to floods and seasonal low production.

Indonesia's inflation rate fell to a 40-month low in November, leading Maybank analysts to expect Bank of Indonesia to cut interest rates this month. Indonesia's headline inflation rate is now at the bottom of Bank of Indonesia's target range of 1.5%-3.5%

European natural gas prices surged to their highest level this year, topping €49/MWh, as the rapid depletion of storage sparked supply concerns. As of last Saturday, the EU's gas storage level was 85.47%, below the five-year average.