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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. "Allianz's investment in national pension has been approved, and the pace of foreign investment in China's insurance market has accelerated. The State Financial Supervision and Administration recently approved the change of registered capital of national pension, and agreed that Allianz Investment Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 2% of the shares of national pension for about 284 million yuan, becoming the first foreign shareholder of national pension, thus increasing the registered capital of national pension to about 11.378 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, a number of foreign investors have increased the insurance market in China. Analysts said that this aspect shows that China's insurance industry has further deepened its opening to the outside world, providing a more relaxed policy environment for foreign investors to overweight China's insurance market; On the other hand, it shows that it has confidence in the development of insurance industry in China and will attract more foreign-funded institutions to enter the insurance market in China. (SSE)The price of air tickets on popular routes has increased by 60%, and the anti-season tour and island tour during the Spring Festival are hot. There are still 49 days before the Spring Festival in 2025, and the popularity of the holiday tourism market has increased significantly. On December 11th, the reporter was informed that air ticket booking for some platforms in Spring Festival travel rush has been quietly opened, and air tickets for some popular routes such as Sanya in Hainan and Xiamen in Fujian have increased significantly. (beijing business today)

Market information: US President Biden plans to formally prevent Nippon Steel (Nippon Steel) from acquiring American steel companies. US Steel (X) triggered an intraday fuse and fell 8.8% before trading was suspended.The diversified layout of AI medical applications in enterprises has gradually become a climate. In the field of medical AI in 2024, with the rapid development of large language models and generative AI technologies, AI technologies in multiple scenarios, including Internet medical care, medical imaging, and new drug research and development, are releasing unprecedented value. People in the industry generally believe that "medical +AI" has broad prospects, and both patients and doctors will benefit from this scientific and technological revolution. (SSE)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)

OPEC Monthly Report: Keep the global economic growth forecast unchanged at 3% in 2025 and 3.1% in 2024. We will raise the US economic growth forecast from 2.1% to 2.2% in 2025 and from 2.7% to 2.8% in 2024.US Department of Defense: the State Council approved the sale of vehicle maintenance equipment to Kuwait, with an estimated value of $300 million.Tesla shares rose 1.5% before the market.