After the European Central Bank decided not to interest rates, the yield of euro zone government bonds changed little; The yield of German 10-year government bonds rose by 1 basis point to 2.14%.It is reported that the price of iPhone 18 Pro's further use of TSMC's 2nm chip will increase by 70%. It is reported that in 2026, the A20 Pro processor of iPhone 18 Pro will be produced by TSMC's 2 nm process for the first time, and the chip price will rise from the current 50 US dollars to 85 US dollars, with an increase of 70%. With the high cost, the price of iPhone 18 Pro may increase. (Taiwan Province Business Times)Enterprise IT Expenditure Survey: Google Cloud is expected to be the first choice for 50% of the respondents. Tae Kim, a science and technology columnist, wrote that according to a recent survey, Google Cloud has risen rapidly in the enterprise AI expenditure competition and may become the winner. According to the 2025 CIO survey released by Piper Sandler, 81 CIOs were asked about their budget priorities in different suppliers and technical fields. According to the survey, 87% of CIOs surveyed expect to increase the IT budget in 2025, which is the highest proportion of the survey since 2020. In this survey, the status of Google Cloud has risen significantly, surpassing Microsoft and OpenAI to become the "most strategic" AI supplier, with a support rate of 27%, a significant increase from 15% six months ago. Relatively speaking, Microsoft's support rate dropped from 33% to 24%. When asked which cloud company they plan to use to test or implement AI projects next year, 50% of the respondents chose Google Cloud, making it the top AI infrastructure provider. In addition, Harsh Kumar, a Piper semiconductor analyst, pointed out that these results are also beneficial to Invista, because all cloud companies are the main buyers of AI chips in NVIDIA. Kumar estimates that the entire AI chip market will have more than $500 billion in business opportunities by 2028.
As of December 6, 2024, Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves were $12.1 billion.Market News: The Slovak Prime Minister said that Slovakia supports the normalization of relations between Russia and western countries and opposes the emergence of a new iron curtain in Europe. The Slovak Prime Minister emphasized that all conflicts will be finally resolved through negotiations.China Seismological Network officially determined that a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred at 13: 40 on December 12 in Baqing County, Naqu City, Tibet (32.28 degrees north latitude and 93.83 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
Anhui's first high-growth industrial bond was successfully issued in Shanghai. Recently, Anhui Wantong Expressway Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Wantong Expressway") completed the issuance of Anhui's first high-growth industrial bond in Shanghai Stock Exchange. On October 30th this year, Wan Tong Expressway was approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission to publicly issue corporate bonds with a registered scale of no more than 5 billion yuan to professional investors.After the European Central Bank announced the interest rate decision, EUR/USD rose 15 points to 1.0484.On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.
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