London cocoa futures rose more than 4% to 8516 pounds a ton. New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a ton.Market News: Russian Internet regulators have blocked Viber's domestic instant messaging service.Abbott's share price quickly fell to 1%.
New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a tonne.Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.The Russian Defense Ministry said that within one week (December 7-13), the Russian army eliminated 12,090 Ukrainian troops in a special military operation against Ukraine.
Italian President Mattarella accepted an exclusive interview with the reception desk in Beijing. Visiting China again after seven years, he said that China's development is changing with each passing day and has made great progress in many aspects. Opposing war and confrontation, he believes that the development of the world needs mutual respect and appreciation from all countries. Talking about the relations between the two countries, he said that Italy attaches great importance to this, and mutual understanding and trust are the cornerstones of Italian-Chinese friendship. (CCTV International News)TSMC's first Japanese wafer fab is expected to carry out mass production before the end of the year.Greece negotiated in advance to buy 36 sets of PULS rocket launcher systems from Israel, worth 600 million to 700 million euros.