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The United States successfully conducted a ballistic missile interception test in Guam for the first time. The US Missile Defense Agency issued a statement on the 10th that the United States successfully conducted a ballistic missile interception test in Guam in the western Pacific for the first time. The statement said that in the test conducted that day, the United States launched a "Standard -3 Block 2A" missile using the Aegis anti-missile system equipped with a new AN/TPY-6 radar and vertical launcher, and intercepted an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile near the coast of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency called this an "important step" to enhance Guam's defense, and its data will help to build a future defense system for Guam. (Xinhua News Agency)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.British Minister of Justice: New prisons are not enough to solve the problem of prison overcrowding.

Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the US Senate, was treated after he fell down. On December 10th, local time, Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the US Senate, fell down after the Republican luncheon and was subsequently treated. It is reported that McConnell was seen walking back to the office of the Capitol, followed by a medical team, and was escorted by Balasso, chairman of the Republican Party Committee of the Senate. A spokesman for McConnell did not immediately respond to the medical situation. (CCTV)EIA: The net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% in 2025. The us energy information administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that it is expected that the net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% to 1.9 million barrels per day next year, which will be the lowest level since 1971, suggesting that the output of the United States will increase and the demand of refineries will decrease. EIA said in its Short-term Energy Outlook in December that the US oil production is expected to increase from 13.24 million barrels per day in 2024 to 13.52 million barrels per day in 2025. EIA also said that the crude oil processing capacity of refineries will be 16 million barrels per day in 2025, a decrease of 200,000 barrels per day compared with 2024. EIA now predicts that the average spot price of Brent crude oil in 2025 will be $73.58 per barrel, which is lower than the previous forecast of $76.06 per barrel. The average spot price of crude oil in the United States is $69.12 per barrel, which is lower than the last forecast of $71.60 per barrel.OPEC lowered the growth rate of global crude oil demand for the fifth consecutive month. The OPEC monthly report shows that the growth rate of global crude oil demand in 2024 will be lowered from 1.82 million barrels per day to 1.61 million barrels per day. Reduce the growth rate of global crude oil demand in 2025 from 1.54 million barrels per day to 1.45 million barrels per day; For the fifth consecutive month, the growth forecast of global crude oil demand this year and next is lowered.

Bank for International Settlements: The biggest threat to global stability is the debt carnival of governments. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said that the biggest threat to world economic stability is the government's borrowing habits, and the recent changes in market sentiment should be vigilant. Claudio Borio, a senior official of BIS, said in his quarterly report that priority should be given to repairing public finances before the panic of bond investors spreads. "The global financial outlook is still very worrying," said the retiring head of the BIS monetary and economic department. "The trajectory of government debt poses the most serious threat to macroeconomic and financial stability."General Administration of Customs: According to the People's Republic of China (PRC) Ship Tonnage Tax Law, the Maritime Agreement between the Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Government of the Republic of Liberia and the relevant notice of the Ministry of Finance, from December 11, 2024 to December 10, 2029, the taxable ships of the Republic of Liberia will be subject to the preferential tax rate of ship tonnage tax.The Postal Savings Bank, together with China Foreign Exchange Trading Center, launched the first green bond fund with the theme of common catalogue in China. The reporter learned from the Postal Savings Bank that the Bank, China Foreign Exchange Trading Center and Morgan Fund recently launched the first green innovation fund with the theme of common catalogue in China-"Morgan Common Catalogue Green Bond Fund" was formally established, raising an initial limit of 6 billion yuan.