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On December 25th, former Bank of Japan policy board member Yasushi Harada stated that the central bank should adopt a cautious approach to raising interest rates, given the government's all-out efforts to boost the economy. In an interview, Harada pointed out that the cabinet led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi should fully utilize fiscal, monetary, and tax policies to stimulate demand and achieve the goal of a "high-pressure economy." Regarding the impact of central bank interest rate hikes on the economy, he stated, "Hasty action could lead to excessive tightening." He believes that the current persistent inflation is partly due to supply-side factors such as rising rice prices, and added that further interest rate hikes may have limited effect in curbing such cost-driven price increases.

Nvidia (NVDA.O): Groq will continue to exist as an independent company.

GROQ: GROQ will continue to operate as an independent company, with Simon Edwards serving as CEO.

GROQ: GROQ founder Jonathan Ross, GROQ president Sonny Madeira, and other members of the GROQ team will join Nvidia.

New York Stock Exchange: Short positions increased by 1.9% to 19.47 billion shares in mid-December.

Nasdaq: As of December 15, total short positions in Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 15.01 billion shares, total short positions in Capital Markets securities totaled 3.37 billion shares, and total short positions in all Nasdaq securities totaled 18.38 billion shares.

U.S. officials: While military options remain, the focus is first on exerting economic pressure through sanctions to achieve the results sought by the White House.

U.S. officials: The White House has ordered its troops to focus almost entirely on enforcing quarantine measures on Venezuelan sanctioned oil for at least the next two months.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the southern part of the state due to torrential rains.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: The US will achieve double-digit (percentage) GDP growth within the next 12 to 18 months. If we consider the application of artificial intelligence as a substitute indicator of economic growth (which should hold true), then triple-digit growth within about five years is achievable.

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) reported that total assets in U.S. money market funds rose to $7.67 trillion in the six days ending December 23.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $4.803 billion from eight counterparties in its fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

The mayor of Moscow, Russia, said that Russian air defense systems shot down 10 drones flying toward Moscow today.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the 8-week U.S. Treasury auction ending December 24 was 2.92, compared to 3.01 previously.

US Treasury auction for the four weeks ending December 24 - bid-to-cover ratio 3.14, compared to 3.28 previously.

The US Treasury auction for the four weeks ending December 24th yielded a winning bid of 3.57%, compared to 3.58% previously.

The percentage of bids allocated to the winning 4-month U.S. Treasury bonds auctioned as of December 24 was 84.92%, compared to 87.73% previously.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the 7-year U.S. Treasury bond auction ending December 24 was 2.51, compared to 2.46 previously.