Indian government sources: negotiations on a free trade agreement between India and Britain will begin at the end of January next year.The European Central Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points, warning that economic growth will slow down. The European Central Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3%, and warned that economic growth will be weaker than its previous forecast. This is the fourth time that the European Central Bank has cut interest rates since June, bringing the benchmark interest rate to its lowest level since March 2023. At the same time, the European Central Bank warned that the euro zone economy will only grow by 1.1% in 2025, lower than its forecast of 1.3% in September. It was widely expected that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates. Investors expect that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates more than the Federal Reserve next year, because it is widely expected that the economic growth of the euro zone will lag behind that of the United States. The euro zone's export-dependent economy is also vulnerable to Trump's threat to impose tariffs of up to 20% on all American imports.Wal-Mart Financial Technology Company is valued at $2.5 billion, and retailers inject a lot of cash.
Russian central bank: Russia's current account surplus in November was $3.2 billion.After the European Central Bank announced the interest rate decision, EUR/USD rose 15 points to 1.0484.Huadong Pharmaceutical has established a new company in Jiaxing with a registered capital of 60 million yuan. According to Tianyancha App, Huadong Pharmaceutical (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. was recently established with Zhu Li as its legal representative and a registered capital of 60 million yuan. Its business scope includes drug wholesale, drug retail, decoction service for Chinese herbal pieces, third-class medical device operation, drug Internet information service, drug import and export, third-class medical device rental and medical device Internet information service. According to shareholder information, the company is wholly owned by Huadong Pharmaceutical (000963).
China encourages qualified medical and nursing institutions to be integrated into the unified management of the compact medical association. It was learned from the National Health and Health Commission that the five departments jointly issued a document proposing that the medical and health administrative departments at all levels should integrate the medical and health services of the old-age care institutions into the quality and safety management system, and encourage qualified medical and nursing institutions to be integrated into the unified management of the compact medical association. The Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Combination of Medical Care and Health Care, jointly issued by the National Health and Wellness Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Medical Insurance Bureau and other departments, is deployed from four aspects: quality management, service quality and efficiency, team building and service safety. It is necessary to continuously enhance the sense of healthy old-age care for the elderly. The data shows that by the end of 2023, the number of elderly people aged 60 and over in China reached 297 million, accounting for 21.1% of the total population. Promoting the combination of medical care and nursing care is an important measure to optimize the health of the elderly and the supply of old-age services. (Xinhua News Agency)Guan Qingyou: I am optimistic about the stock market by cutting interest rates and lowering the RRR. For example, Guan Qingyou, president and chief economist of the Financial Research Institute, said that lowering the RRR and raising interest rates will definitely happen, and from the downward trend of previous interest rates, it should be faster. Regarding the current market conditions, Guan Qingyou said that different subjects have different judgments on the market trend in one or two trading days, but he is still optimistic, and said that the positive impact of the current policy change on the capital market cannot be underestimated. Combining industrial structure and policy orientation, Guan Qingyou said that consumer companies, technology companies, and mergers and acquisitions involving the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries to emerging formats are all his optimistic directions. In addition, for the economic growth target in 2025, Guan Qingyou believes that "the target of 5% can still be contested". He also said that 2025 will be better than 2024. "In 2025, the adjustment of policies will bring more increments to the market and industry." (sohu finance)The Baltic dry bulk freight index fell 4.61% to 1055 points.