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American natural gas futures fell more than 3.00% in the day and are now reported at $3.351/million British heat.Bosch has reached a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and will receive a chip subsidy of 225 million U.S. dollars. On December 13, local time, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Bosch, a German auto parts supplier, to provide it with a subsidy of up to 225 million U.S. dollars for producing silicon carbide power semiconductors in California. This fund will support Bosch's planned investment of $1.9 billion to transform its manufacturing plant in Roseveare, California to produce silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. The US Department of Commerce will also provide Bosch with about $350 million in government loans.Japanese people protested against sexual violence by US troops stationed in Japan. On the evening of 13th, Japanese people held a rally outside the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo to protest against sexual violence by US troops stationed in Japan. (Xinhua News Agency)

Increase the countercyclical adjustment of macro policies. A series of reform measures will be introduced next year. From the national development and reform work conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission, we learned that in order to fully implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, we will increase the countercyclical adjustment of macro policies next year, and solidly promote economic stability, structural improvement and development trend. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that a more active and promising macro policy will be implemented next year to enhance the consistency of macro policy orientation.Jiangxi released a typical case of private equity funds serving the real economy. In recent years, private equity investment institutions have condensed long-term innovative capital and continuously empowered high-quality development. On December 13th, Wan Liangshun, deputy director of the Financial Office of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau, released ten cases of private equity funds serving Jiangxi real economy at the 2024 Yangtze River Economic Belt (Gongqingcheng) Fund Innovation and Development Conference held in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi. Wan Liangshun introduced that Jiangxi attaches great importance to the development of the private equity industry and clearly requires strengthening guidance to give full play to the role of private equity investment in promoting development. There are 1493 private equity funds in Jiangxi, with an investment of 186.175 billion yuan. Private equity funds have become an important force to attract external capital, help industrial transformation and serve local economy, and the province's fund innovation and development have achieved remarkable results. (SSE)Countering the price limit of Western countries, Putin extended the oil supply ban. On the 13th, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree, announcing the extension of the counter-measures to set price ceilings for Russian oil and oil products until June 30, 2025. Putin signed a presidential decree on December 27, 2022, demanding that the supply of Russian petroleum and petroleum products to foreign legal persons and individuals who directly or indirectly use the price ceiling mechanism in their contracts be prohibited. This presidential decree came into effect on February 1, 2023, and its validity period was extended several times. In early December, 2022, EU member states reached an agreement on setting a price ceiling of $60 per barrel for Russian seaborne oil exports. The Group of Seven and Australia announced that they would implement the same price limit policy as the EU. (Xinhua News Agency)

CapitaMacro: The new French Prime Minister has a long way to go. Jack Allen-Reynolds, an analyst at CapitaMacro, wrote in a report to clients that if the new French Prime Minister wants to form a government and solve the country's troubled financial problems, he will face arduous tasks. Francois bayrou, a veteran centrist politician, was appointed as prime minister by President Macron on Friday. He must now form a government because his short-lived predecessor, Michelle Banier, tried to force through budget legislation and was overthrown by the National Assembly. Bayrou may face the same battle. Reynolds said: "The government seems unlikely to have the will and ability to solve France's financial problems." France's budget deficit this year will further expand, further exceeding the level that European authorities think can be tolerated.Russian Defense Ministry: In the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises and facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry said that in the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises, Ukrainian military security energy facilities and Ukrainian military infrastructure including foreign mercenaries assembly sites.For the first time since November 2022, the yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds has exceeded the yield of 3-month US Treasury bonds.