?? Canadian PM Justin Trudeau faces increasing pressure to resign, including from his own party due to unpopularity in polls.

? AP News
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???? Biden announced a last-minute trade investigation into Chinese-made “legacy” semiconductors that could heap more US tariffs on chips from China.

? Reuters
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? Macroeconomic Indicators Update (16/12/2024):?? Composite PMI: 50.1 ⬆️ 50.8
?? Industrial Production y/y: 5.3% ⬆️ 5.4%
?? Retail Sales y/y: 4.8% ⬇️ 3.0%
?? Unemployment Rate: 5.0% ➡️ 5.0%
?? Composite PMI: 58.6 ⬆️ 60.7
?? Composite PMI: 45.9 ⬆️ 46.7
?? Composite PMI: 47.2 ⬆️ 47.8
?? Composite PMI: 48.3 ⬆️ 49.5
?? Composite PMI: 50.5 ➡️ 50.5
?? Trade Balance: $-27.1 billion ⬇️ $-37.8 billion
?? Inflation Rate y/y: 0.9% ⬆️ 1.3%
?? Unemployment Rate: 2.6% ⬆️ 2.7%
?? Interest Rate: 15 ⬇️ 13
?? Inflation Rate y/y: 33.88% ⬆️ 34.6%
?? Composite PMI: 54.9 ⬆️ 56.6
?? Inflation Rate y/y: 32.4% ⬇️ 27%
?? GDP y/y: -1.7% ⬇️ -2.1%

? Myfxbook, Tradays
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???? Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov proposed removing HTS from Russia’s list of terrorist organisations and supported strengthening bilateral ties with the new government.

? Al Arabiya
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???? Putin said that Russia will accelerate production of the Oreshnik missile, which was used against Ukraine in November in response to strikes with Western weapons.

? TASS
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?? A man suspected in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was arrested and charged with murder Monday after a quick-thinking McDonald’s customer in Pennsylvania recognized him from a surveillance photo and police officers found a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush.

The chance sighting at the restaurant in Altoona led to a dramatic break in a challenging but fast-moving investigation that captivated the public in the five days since the shooting that shook the business world.

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, had a gun believed to be the one used in last Wednesday’s shooting of Brian Thompson, as well as writings suggesting anger with corporate America, police said.

? AP
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? Macroeconomic Indicators Update (9/12/2024):?? GDP y/y: 0.9% ⬆️ 1.2%
?? GDP q/q: 0.2% ⬆️ 0.3%
?? Inflation Rate y/y: 0.3% ⬇️ 0.2%
?? Inflation Rate y/y: 4.76% ⬇️ 4.55%

? Myfxbook, Tradays
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???????? Greece, Austria and Germany have frozen all asylum requests by Syrians and are planning to deport them.

? Kathimerini
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