For the second week in a row, the US Treasury cut the auction scale of 4-cycle and 8-cycle Treasury bills, and the US Treasury cut the bidding scale of benchmark Treasury bills with the shortest term on Tuesday. The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans to issue 80 billion U.S. dollars of 4-term Treasury bonds on Thursday, which is 5 billion dollars less than the previous issuance of treasury bonds of the same maturity. The Ministry also announced that it would issue $75 billion of eight-term Treasury bills on Thursday, which was also reduced by $5 billion. The auction scale of 17-period Treasury bonds to be issued on Wednesday remains unchanged at $64 billion.It was officially reported that a truck overturned and collided with a bus in Hunan: 16 people were injured, but no one died. On the night of December 10th, the Transportation Bureau of xinhuang dong autonomous county, Hunan issued a notice: At about 12 o'clock on December 9th, a truck rolled over from Tianping, Guizhou Province, heading for Hunan to 2806 km of the national highway G242 of Xiangshujiao Group, Xinmin Village, Huangzhou Town, Xinhuang County, and collided with the co-pilot of a bus driving in the opposite direction, resulting in 16 injuries and no death. Among them, 15 people were slightly injured and 1 person was slightly injured. After the accident, Xinhuang County immediately carried out emergency medical rescue work for traffic accidents, and organized public security, transportation, health and other departments to fully treat the wounded. At present, the cause of the accident is under investigation.CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS. N): If the regulator allows, it will evaluate its participation in the Bitcoin or Ethereum market.
Qatari Foreign Ministry: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed received a phone call from US Secretary of State Blinken.The Group of Seven is expected to support the transitional government of Syria, Qatar, to get in touch with the new leaders, and the leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) will be willing to support the new Syrian government, provided that the transitional process respects minorities, and Qatar has become one of the first countries to establish communication with the armed groups that overthrew the Assad regime. According to the draft announcement that the G-7 plans to issue later this week, the G-7 "hopes that all opposition groups seeking to play a role in Syrian governance will show their commitment to the rights of all Syrians". The Group of Seven will say that this group of countries, including the United States, wants to see the safe return of millions of Syrians who fled under Assad. Many of them flooded into G-7 countries such as Germany after the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011.White House: We think there is a chance to reach a hostage release agreement in Gaza, but Hamas continues to be an obstacle.
US National Security Council spokesman Kirby: US national security adviser Sally Wenming will leave for Israel tomorrow.White House: We are trying our best to learn about journalist Austin Tess (who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 13th, 2012).CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS.N): I believe that the new government's decision on tariffs will be made in a way around growth.