The European STOXX 600 index initially closed down 0.48% at 518.73 points. The euro zone STOXX 50 index initially closed down 0.67% to 4951.85 points. The FTSE Pan-European Excellent 300 Index initially closed down 0.50% at 2059.80.The USDA raised Ukraine's corn production in 2024/25 from the previous 26.2 million tons to 26.5 million tons.French President Macron hopes to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours. French President Macron called representatives of most political parties at the Elysee Palace on the afternoon of December 10th local time to discuss the establishment of the new government and the choice of prime minister. The meeting lasted for three hours. The far-left party "Unyielding France" and the far-right party National Union are not invited. According to the information disclosed by the participants, Macron hopes that the political parties can reach an agreement that at least will not overthrow the new government, and hopes to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: If Syria transfers weapons to Hezbollah, Syria will pay the price.Padilla, Secretary of the Institutional Relations Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidential Palace: We are cooperating with the Congress, and I want to strengthen our commitment to complete the voting on the financial plan this year.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: I still believe that countries will finalize the international convention on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response before May 2025.
For the second week in a row, the US Treasury cut the auction scale of 4-cycle and 8-cycle Treasury bills, and the US Treasury cut the bidding scale of benchmark Treasury bills with the shortest term on Tuesday. The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans to issue 80 billion U.S. dollars of 4-term Treasury bonds on Thursday, which is 5 billion dollars less than the previous issuance of treasury bonds of the same maturity. The Ministry also announced that it would issue $75 billion of eight-term Treasury bills on Thursday, which was also reduced by $5 billion. The auction scale of 17-period Treasury bonds to be issued on Wednesday remains unchanged at $64 billion.The United States will disclose the details of lending to Ukraine with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. According to the agreement, the Federal Loan Bank of the United States will provide Ukraine with a loan of US$ 20 billion for 40 years by using the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. The annual interest rate of the loan will be calculated according to the current average interest rate of one-year national debt in the United States, and the loan principal and interest will be repaid with the proceeds from frozen assets in Russia. Accord to a resolution issued by that Ukrainian cabinet a few day ago, the loan will be transferred to a fund specially set up for Ukraine by the world bank in October for Ukrainian use.White House: We are trying our best to learn about journalist Austin Tess (who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 13th, 2012).