Haitian police regained control of a city and imposed a local curfew. On December 11th, it was learned that the special forces of Haitian National Police, with the support of multinational security support mission, regained control of Artibonite xiaohe town. The local city Council announced that a curfew will be imposed on the city from 8 pm to 6 am the next day until further notice. (CCTV)Mackler M, Governor of the Bank of Canada: It is expected that the boost of interest rate cuts to business investment will lag behind, and the Bank of Canada will consider further interest rate cuts in the future.WTI crude oil rose by 2.0% in the day, above the psychological mark of $70/barrel.
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Keping County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. China Seismological Network officially determined that a 3.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Keping County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (40.10 degrees north latitude and 78.11 degrees east longitude) at 23: 53 on December 11, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers.WTI crude oil rose by 2.0% in the day, above the psychological mark of $70/barrel.On the African stock market, on Wednesday (December 11th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Top 40 tradable index closed down 0.29% to 78,478.82 points. The constituent stock Angra Ashanti Gold rose by 3.06%, ranking second. The South African rand rose 0.57% against the US dollar, reaching a new high of 17.6846 rand.
Mackler, Governor of the Bank of Canada: Canada has not experienced the typical widespread unemployment phenomenon during the recession for the time being. Most of the depreciation of the Canadian dollar is actually driven by the appreciation of the US dollar; The Canadian dollar has not changed much compared with other major currencies.Tesla rose to $415, the first intraday record high since the end of 2021. Tesla rose 3.5% to $415, surpassing the intraday record high of $414.4967 set on November 4, 2021.Trump's tariff risk is surging in the gold and silver market, new york futures premium is expanding, COMEX gold futures and COMEX silver futures premium are expanding, and traders weigh the possibility of including precious metals in the comprehensive tariff measures proposed by US President-elect Trump. At 21:24 Beijing time (within 10 minutes before the release of US CPI inflation data), the main contract of new york gold futures rose to 2759.70 nil/ounce, which was once 60 USD/ounce higher than the spot price; Silver futures are more than $1 an ounce, or 3%. "This is a pre-emptive panic pre-deployment before tariffs." Nicky Shiels, head of metal strategy at MKS Pamp SA, said. She said that banks and funds bought futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange and sold contracts in London, which promoted price fluctuations.