The dollar index DXY rose nearly 20 points in the short term and is now reported at 106.54.Citigroup's chief financial officer said that the spending of American consumers in its branded credit card business between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday increased by a median digit year-on-year.Trump's nominated chairman of the SEC once blamed the US government for FTX's downfall, and Trump's nominated chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission once blamed the FTX cryptocurrency exchange's collapse on an unusual suspect, that is, the US government itself. Atkins, 66, witnessed the disaster of FTX with his own eyes, and the collapse of the encryption empire still reverberates in the digital asset world. Patomak Global Partners, his consulting firm in Washington, DC, was listed as a creditor of FTX bankruptcy case, and the date of signing the consulting agreement of its board of directors was January 2022, about 10 months before the bankruptcy of Bankman-Fried. According to court documents, the company also served as a lobbyist for FTX. Atkins pointed out in a podcast last year that "the collapse of FTX was an international disaster, and I think it was because the United States did not formulate rules to adapt to this new technology". He also admitted that the fraud of Bankman-Fried was the core reason for the collapse of the exchange.
Domestic black futures closed at night, with iron ore down 1.09%, iron ore down 1.09%, rebar down 0.29%, hot coil down 0.34%, coking coal down 1.48% and coke down 0.19%.The British Chancellor of the Exchequer called on the EU to grant greater access to the City of London. The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visited Brussels, urged the EU to grant greater access to the City of London, and told the finance ministers of the group that this would help promote their stagnant economic growth. Reeves said: "Britain has a deep global capital market, which can fund the growth needed by the economies in continental Europe."OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al Ghais was re-elected. The next regular meeting of OPEC will be held on May 28th, 2025.
Amazon will try out the fast delivery service in India and promise to deliver it within 15 minutes. amit agarwal, senior vice president of emerging markets of Amazon, said in an interview on December 10th that Amazon will try out the delivery service in Bangalore, India for 15 minutes or less. "The catalogue of products involved in the service will range from groceries to household items, depending on the community it serves". Companies such as Blinkit, a subsidiary of Indian takeaway giant Zomato, Swiggy supported by Softbank and BigBasket, a subsidiary of Tata Group, dominate the Indian grocery express delivery market, and some of them have launched the fastest 10-minute express delivery service.Swedish Ministry of Finance: Sweden's priorities in 2025 include growth and productivity.Norwegian Natural Gas Company: From December 11th to December 12th, Colesnes Natural Gas Treatment Plant stopped production 6 million cubic meters/day.