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As interest rates fell for the third week in a row, the demand for mortgage refinancing in the United States surged, and the interest rate of mortgage in the United States fell again last week. Although the decline was not large, it was enough to stimulate existing homeowners to seek some savings. The seasonally adjusted index of American Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) shows that the total demand for mortgage loans has increased by 5.4%, which is behind the surge in refinancing. Housing loan refinancing applications surged 27% from the previous week and 42% higher than the same period last year. Joel Kan, an MBA economist, said, "Purchase applications are still relatively strong. In the past three months, except for one week, there has been a year-on-year increase. In addition to the low interest rate, house purchasing activities continue to be supported by continuous housing demand and inventory, which continue to grow gradually in many markets. "The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it would allocate 20 billion U.S. dollars in loans to Ukraine. On December 10, local time, the U.S. Treasury Department said that it had allocated 20 billion U.S. dollars out of the total 50 billion U.S. dollars in loans provided to Ukraine by the Group of Seven to an intermediary fund of the World Bank to provide economic and financial assistance to Ukraine. It is reported that this grant will be completed before the US President-elect Trump takes office in January to protect this fund from being recovered by the Trump administration. The $50 billion loan will be repaid with the interest income of about $300 billion of frozen sovereign assets in Russia, and the loan period is 30 years. (CCTV)Institution: US CPI data may trigger currency and national debt fluctuations. Joseph Dahrieh, an analyst at Tickmill, said in a report that the US CPI data in November will be released later, which may provide important information for the Fed's policy prospects and may trigger short-term fluctuations in the currency and bond markets. The overall inflation rate is expected to rise from 2.6% in October to 2.7%. However, he said that stronger-than-expected data may delay the Fed's interest rate cut plan, which may continue the recent rally of the US dollar; The lower-than-expected inflation data may strengthen the expectation of a 25 basis point interest rate cut in December, putting downward pressure on the US dollar. In addition, he said that the yield of US Treasury bonds has stabilized recently, but it may also react strongly to the release of inflation data.

OPEC Monthly Report: The economic growth rate of the euro zone in 2024 and 2025 is expected to be 0.8% and 1.2% respectively. (Previously 0.8% and 1.2% respectively)Market information: The murder suspect of CEO of United Health Insurance Business opposes extradition to new york to face charges.Sycamore Partners is known to be negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots, an American drugstore chain. According to informed sources, Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, is negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, a troubled American drugstore chain. According to sources, Sycamore Partners has been discussing the privatization of Walgreens. The details are not made public, and the negotiations may end without results. Walgreens jumped 28%, the biggest one-day increase since at least 1980. Walgreens' share price fell by two-thirds in the year ending Monday, ranking the bottom of the S&P 500.

The heads of the South Korean Police Department and Seoul Local Police Department were arrested urgently. According to Yonhap News Agency's report quoted by the special investigation team, the South Korean authorities arrested two heads of the police department without arrest warrants on suspicion of preventing them from entering or leaving the National Assembly during martial law. According to reports, Cho Ji-ho, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Bong-sik, director of the Seoul Local Police Department, were "urgently arrested".Argentina's MERVAL index closed down 1.34% to 2.199 million points.US Secretary of State Blinken discussed the Syrian issue with the foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday.