The survey shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year to provide support for the economy, and the European Central Bank is bound to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year, loosening the troubled euro zone economy with the inflation rate approaching 2%. According to the survey, all the respondents except one analyst predicted that the European Central Bank would cut the deposit interest rate by 25 basis points to 3% again on Thursday. Only JPMorgan Chase is expected to cut interest rates by more than 50 basis points, believing that the recent data show that economic growth and inflation are weakening.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.There are 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province. According to the latest statistics of Jiangsu Listed Companies Association, there were 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province by the end of November, including 15 new companies this year. Among the 695 companies, there are 216 main boards of Shanghai Stock Exchange, 110 in science and technology innovation board, 126 main boards of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (including one pure B-share), 196 Growth Enterprise Market and 47 North Stock Exchange. By geographical distribution, the total number of listed companies in Suzhou is far ahead in the province, reaching 219, 124 in Nanjing, 123 in Wuxi and 72 in Changzhou. In terms of A-shares, as of the end of November, there were 694 A-share listed companies in Jiangsu Province with a total market value of 6,745.231 billion yuan, accounting for 12.92% and 7.80% of the corresponding total of A-share listed companies respectively.
As of December 6, 2024, Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves were $12.1 billion.Traders' interest rate expectations for the European Central Bank remain stable: it is expected to cut interest rates by 127 basis points in 2025.The Baltic dry bulk freight index fell 4.61% to 1055 points.
COMEX silver fell 1.00% in the day and is now quoted at $32.63 per ounce.Weilai Li Bin: Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive together. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, released Weibo on December 12th, saying that Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive this upcoming administrative flagship together. Li Bin said that he asked Fang Hongbo three questions, and Fang Hongbo's answer about market competition was very good: "Actively participate in involution, compare cost and efficiency, and at the same time bravely jump out of involution, don't roll on the floor, and pierce the ceiling."ECB: Domestic inflation has dropped slightly, but it is still at a high level. ECB: Staff now expect the economic recovery to be slower than predicted in September. As time goes on, the influence of restrictive monetary policy gradually fades, which should support the recovery of domestic demand. Domestic inflation has declined slightly, but it is still at a high level, mainly because wages and prices in some industries are still being adjusted to adapt to the past inflation surge.