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The relative cost of living in new york has dropped to the lowest level since at least 2008. According to the new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis this week, the cost of living in new york metropolitan area in 2023 is 12.5% higher than the national average. This is the lowest level since the bureau began to release relevant data at least in 2008. From 2008 to 2022, the relative cost of living in new york is 13% to 15.5% higher than the average level in the United States.Us treasury secretary yellen: don't interfere with the proper supervision of bank capital, liquidity and risk taking to ensure the soundness of the banking system.Finance Minister of Canada: The sale of shares of Air Canada Government will be announced in the next few days.

Finance Minister of Canada: The sale of shares of Air Canada Government will be announced in the next few days.Fitch: (Talking about American residential builders) It is estimated that the residential inventory will improve slightly in 2025, but it will remain at a low level, and it will vary from region to region.Representatives of agricultural chambers of commerce in four Central and Eastern European countries opposed the trade agreement reached between the EU and MERCOSUR. On December 13th, local time, representatives of agricultural chambers of commerce from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia held a meeting in Stahl Bousquet Pleso, Slovakia. At the press conference, the representatives of the four countries clearly expressed their opposition to the trade agreement reached between the EU and MERCOSUR. In addition, representatives of farmers' chambers of commerce also called for the restoration of agricultural products and food trade quotas with Ukraine. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the EU relaxed its trade rules with Ukraine and lifted the import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products.

A few ETFs in the U.S. stock market closed up, with semiconductor ETFs rising by more than 2.5%. This week, biotechnology ETFs fell by more than 3.3%, while optional consumer ETFs rose by more than 1.1%. On Friday (December 13th), semiconductor ETFs closed up by 2.51%, global technology stock index ETFs rose by 0.87%, technology ETFs rose by 0.43%, and optional consumer ETFs rose by 0.4%.Turkish Foreign Minister: With the stability of the situation in Syria, the number of Syrians returning to their country will gradually increase.US CFTC：WTI crude oil bullish sentiment hit a six-week low, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week of December 10th, the net long position of NYMEX WTI crude oil held by speculators decreased by 12,448 contracts to 103,986 contracts, a six-week low. Net long positions in Brent and WTI crude oil decreased by 11,013 contracts to 215,325 contracts. The net long position of NYMEX gasoline increased to 73,037 contracts, a record high of about eight weeks. The net short position of NYMEX heating oil increased to 46,823 contracts, the highest since the data was recorded in June 2006. The net long position of seven contracts of NYMEX natural gas Henry Hub in the United States fell to 108,908 contracts, a three-week low.