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Saudi Arabia won the right to host the 2034 World Cup, and the FIFA Council confirmed that the 2034 World Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, which is the third time that Asia has hosted the World Cup. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is also the only bidding country for the 2034 World Cup. The Saudi Football Association announced its bid to host the 2034 World Cup on October 9, 2023. By the deadline of November 1, 2023, there was still only one bidding country in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time in nearly 60 years that FIFA has determined the right to host the World Cup without competitors. Saudi Arabia is also the fourth Asian country to host the World Cup after South Korea and Japan in 2002 and Qatar in 2022. This is the second time that the World Cup has entered West Asia.MicroStrategy rose more than 5%, and Bitcoin strengthened again today, rising nearly 4% to nearly $100,000.Barclays: M&A and cooperation between banks and financial technology companies will grow.

CEO of Bank of America: The prospect is "stable and positive".The S&P 500 index opened up 0.5%, while the Nasdaq 100 index rose 0.9%.Fitch: The progress of inflation decline seems to have ended. Brian Coulton, chief economist of Fitch, said that the decline of core commodity prices (the main force of inflation decline this year) seems to have ended. With the increase of automobile prices, the core commodity prices rose by 0.3% month-on-month. Service inflation is declining, but the rate of decline is very slow, because rent inflation is stubborn, and the service inflation is 4.6%, which is still far higher than the pre-epidemic level.

According to the news of China Securities Industry Association on December 11th, on December 5th, the meeting of directors and all members of regional equity market professional committee of China Securities Association was held in Chongqing. The meeting studied and implemented the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the new "National Nine Articles" in the capital market, and studied and discussed the key work of the Committee. The main person in charge of the China Securities Association, the relevant persons in charge of the Second Market Division of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Chongqing Local Financial Administration and Chongqing Securities Regulatory Bureau attended the meeting, and more than 60 staff members of CSI Technology, Chongqing Securities and Futures Association and Securities Industry Association and Committee members attended the meeting.The S&P 500 index opened up 0.5%, while the Nasdaq 100 index rose 0.9%.Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: The Bank of Canada's interest rate cut of 50 basis points is a correct step towards reducing the cost of living for Canadians.