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The Bank of France expects France's economy to grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter. The Bank of France, BNP Paribas, recently released the results of its monthly economic survey, and it is expected that France's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter of this year. (Xinhua News Agency)Russian Defense Ministry: Russian air defense forces shot down 13 Ukrainian drones in Kursk, Belgorod, Rostov and Lipetsk last night.Guangdian Express won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project. Recently, Guangdian Express successfully won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project, achieving a major breakthrough at the head office level for the first time in the field of smart treasury. The intelligent solution for the number of local and foreign currency banknotes won this bid strongly supports the business process optimization of ICBC's large local currency and foreign currency, helps to create a new benchmark for smart vaults in the industry, and pushes the intelligent operation of domestic vaults to a new level.

Spot gold fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 1.38% in the day. COMEX gold futures fell 2.00% in the day and are now reported at $2701.50 per ounce.The net purchase of southbound funds exceeded 10 billion yuan.Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Abolishing Some Administrative Regulations, and the State Council Prime Minister Li Qiang recently signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Abolishing Some Administrative Regulations, which will take effect on January 20, 2025. In order to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, implement the spirit of institutional reform of the Party and the state, promote strict and standardized fair and civilized law enforcement, optimize the business environment ruled by law, and ensure a high level of opening to the outside world, the State Council cleaned up the administrative regulations involved, and decided to amend some provisions of 21 administrative regulations and abolish 4 administrative regulations. (Xinhua News Agency)

Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."Chinese researchers have developed a new type of implantable cranial nerve probe. The reporter learned from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences that Zhang Qiang, a researcher at the institute, and his collaborators have developed a new type of implantable hydrogel neural probe to realize long-term stable monitoring of cranial nerve signals, precise regulation of neural circuits, and preliminary exploration in the application of diagnosis and treatment of severe brain diseases. Related research results were recently published in the international academic journal Advanced Materials. (Xinhua News Agency)Sony has registered the trademark of space robot. According to media reports, on December 13th, TGA award ceremony was held, and AstroBot won the annual game award. This game was developed by Team ASOBI and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment. According to Tianyancha's intellectual property information, in May 2020, Sony Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd. applied for registration of two "cosmic robots" trademarks. At present, the educational and entertainment trademarks have been successfully registered, and the scientific instrument trademarks are displayed as "revocation/invalidation application under review". However, according to the trademark documents, a company's application for invalidation of such trademarks has been rejected. In addition, in November 2019, Sony applied to register two trademarks of "Cosmic Robot Search and Rescue Action", which are internationally classified as educational entertainment and scientific instruments. At present, they have all been rejected and are in an invalid state.