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The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply by 50 basis points, suggesting that the pace of monetary easing may be slowed down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row, and suggested that policy makers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. Central bank officials, led by Tiff Macklem, the governor, cut the benchmark overnight rate by 50 basis points to 3.25% on Wednesday, which is at the high end of the neutral interest rate forecast range. However, they also hinted that after several sharp interest rate cuts, it may return to a slow pace in 2025. The latest statement removed the statement that "the borrowing cost is expected to be further reduced" in previous statements.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.Bitcoin rose by 4.5% and stood at $100,000 again. Bitcoin strengthened again today, rising by 4.5% in the day and standing at $100,000 again. Ethereum rose more than 6% and approached $3,800.

The Bank of Canada's statement no longer mentions that it is reasonable to expect further interest rate cuts if the economic development is consistent with the forecast. The need for further interest rate cuts will be assessed and a decision will be made one by one.Commercial banks speed up the disposal of bad personal loans, and AMC plays a channel role. With the accelerated disposal of bad retail credit assets by commercial banks, the market size of bad personal loans has gradually grown, and there are hundreds of bad assets announcements listed and transferred in Yindeng Center, involving personal consumption and business loans, credit card overdrafts, etc. In order to improve the quality and efficiency of personal loan non-performing assets disposal, banks have also accelerated organizational restructuring and staffing accordingly, abandoned the past model of simply docking asset management companies (AMC) and chose to actively promote non-performing assets to connect the upstream and downstream of the industry, so as to improve the transfer efficiency of personal loan non-performing assets. Industry insiders told reporters that the personal loan NPL market is accelerating, but there are also problems such as low transfer efficiency and limited profit space. At present, the mainstream model is that banks seek reliable unlicensed private institutions to dispose of personal loan NPLs through AMC, and AMC earns channel fees, and the disposal institutions earn excess income, usually at an annual rate of 8%~10%. (CBN)The Israeli army claimed to have attacked "most of Syria's strategic arsenals" in the past 48 hours. The Israel Defense Forces said on the 10th that hundreds of attacks were carried out in Syria in the past 48 hours, hitting most of Syria's strategic arsenals. In terms of ground operations, the Israeli army claimed to have attacked more than 130 arsenals and military buildings in Syria. On the naval side, Israeli warships attacked two naval ports in Syria where 15 ships docked, and the Israeli army destroyed dozens of ship-to-ship missiles. On the air force side, Israeli warplanes have flown in Syrian airspace for hundreds of hours and carried out more than 350 air strikes, targeting a wide range, including air defense positions, air force airports and dozens of weapons production facilities in Damascus and Homs, destroying Scud missiles, cruise missiles, fighter planes, tanks, radars and other weapons and equipment. (CCTV)

Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone held a listing through train activity to boost the Nasdaq IPO of small and medium-sized enterprises. On December 11th, Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone held a "Nasdaq IPO through train" activity for small and medium-sized enterprises (the second event), which opened up all-round financing channels before, during and after the listing of enterprises, continuously improved the financing ability of small and medium-sized enterprises in the capital market, and boosted the Nasdaq listing of enterprises in its jurisdiction. (Dahe Finance Cube)According to the news of China Securities Industry Association on December 11th, on December 5th, the meeting of directors and all members of regional equity market professional committee of China Securities Association was held in Chongqing. The meeting studied and implemented the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the new "National Nine Articles" in the capital market, and studied and discussed the key work of the Committee. The main person in charge of the China Securities Association, the relevant persons in charge of the Second Market Division of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Chongqing Local Financial Administration and Chongqing Securities Regulatory Bureau attended the meeting, and more than 60 staff members of CSI Technology, Chongqing Securities and Futures Association and Securities Industry Association and Committee members attended the meeting.Russian President Vladimir Putin: His AI technology is crucial to Russia's sovereignty.