China and Vietnam announced the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on cross-border standard-gauge railway cooperation projects. On December 10th, the 16th meeting of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee was held in Beijing. The two sides agreed to give full play to the overall coordinating role of the Steering Committee, actively explore the direction and measures to deepen the building of a community of destiny between China and Vietnam around the implementation of the high-level consensus between the two parties and the two countries, and promote more results. The two sides announced the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on cross-border standard-gauge railway cooperation projects. The meeting also heard a report on the first meeting of the "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism between China and Vietnam in diplomacy, national defense and public security.VESTIS, a supplier of workplace supplies, once rose 9.4%, the highest since May 1. In the news, VESTIS is interested in the acquisition of many companies.Bank for International Settlements: Swap spreads are reflecting investors' concerns about excessive bond supply. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) pointed out that huge government loans are having an impact on the global interest rate market, saying that investors have demanded higher premiums for buying sovereign bonds. In its quarterly report released on Tuesday, the agency pointed out that the swap spreads of various currencies and maturities have narrowed rapidly in recent months, which are "signs of possible oversupply". As investors are worried about huge debt and deficit expansion, the yields of government bonds in the euro zone and Japan have recently exceeded comparable swap rates. This leads to the so-called swap spread becoming negative. Because national debt is usually regarded as a safer investment than interest rate swap, it is unusual for the swap spread to enter the negative range. According to the Bank for International Settlements, the negative swap spread seems to reflect the pressure faced by investors and intermediaries because they need to absorb more government bonds in the near future. In the United States, the swap spreads for some maturities have been negative for many years.
The observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant completed routine personnel rotation. The Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant and the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze Nuclear Power Plant completed routine personnel rotation that day. The Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian National Guard provided security for the rotation. Three experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived at Zaporoge nuclear power plant as observers, whose task was to supervise and evaluate the operational safety and physical safety of Zaporoge nuclear power plant. Since Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited Zaporoge Nuclear Power Plant for the first time on September 1, 2022, IAEA experts have been stationed at the nuclear power plant to observe.The Economic Affairs Committee of the Brazilian Senate approved Isabella Correa as the head of institutional relations of the Central Bank.Alaska Airlines shares rose 18%, the biggest increase since November 2020.
White House: Continue to pay close attention to the development of the situation in Syria.The commodity currency NZD/USD fell by 1.0% to 0.5807.Swedish Finance Minister: If we need to invest more money in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we must do so.
