Israeli military spokesman: Three hostages held in Gaza were killed in accidental friendly fire.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $683.254 billion from 82 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

EUR/USD fell back below 1.09, down 0.84% on the day.

U.S. natural gas futures rose 6% on the day and are currently trading at $2.536/million British thermal units.

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin discussed the Houthi Red Sea attack with British Defense Secretary Shapps.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: The Fed will take necessary measures and we will focus on the necessary work.

According to CNN: The United States tells Israel that attacking the Lebanese army is unacceptable.

Musk: SpaceX launching rockets near wildlife refuges triggers more lawsuits.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Inflation is expected to be close to 2% later next year.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: The committee will continue to discuss whether monetary policy is tight enough and how long it needs to be tight.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Volatility in the next few years is not expected to be as great as in the past few years.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Economic growth and employment are expected to improve after 2024, and inflation will be close to the 2% target.

Bank of Canada Governor MacCallum: Once we are confident that we are clearly on the path back to price stability, we will consider whether and when we can cut interest rates.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem said that the 2% inflation target has come into view; we have not yet reached the target, but conditions are increasingly conducive to achieving the target.

According to Nikkei: Japan’s newly established artificial intelligence security agency will study the application of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence in military risks.

Lufthansa will resume flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, from January 8.

After the Bank of England announced its bond sales plan, the spread between the British 2-year and 30-year government bonds remained stable at 4 basis points.

According to a statement from the Qassam Brigades, an armed faction affiliated with Hamas, on the 15th, the organization fired multiple rockets towards Jerusalem that day.