Market news: A majority of the U.S. Senate voted to pass the defense policy bill, approving a record annual military spending of $886 billion. Voting is still continuing.

Japan purchased foreign stocks in the week to December 8 -500.8 billion yen, compared with the previous value of -560.2 billion yen.

In Japan, foreign investors bought 621.6 billion yen of Japanese bonds in the week to December 8, compared with the previous value of -710.4 billion yen.

U.S. President Biden: (comments on impeachment questionnaire) The Republican Party will not take action to help solve key issues and will only waste time on "baseless political stunts."

South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho: The South Korean government and the Bank of Korea will monitor local and overseas markets.

South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho: South Korea will take measures to stabilize the market if necessary.

South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho: The stock market and exchange rate are relatively stable.

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Masaru: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked me to serve as Chief Cabinet Secretary.

"Bond King" Gross: We should continue to pay attention to the end of the yield curve inversion.

Argentina’s Central Bank: Given the low level of international reserves, it is wise to conduct a gradual and orderly foreign exchange normalization process.

Bitcoin hit $43,000 per coin, up 4.71% on the day.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will postpone the deadline for a decision on whether to approve the listing of a spot Ethereum ETF jointly applied by Galaxy Digital and Invesco to 2024.

The survey shows that Argentina’s GDP is expected to contract by 2.4% year-on-year in 2024.

WTI crude oil hit $70 per barrel, rising 1.53% on the day.

Rosario, Argentina: Argentine wheat (production) is forecast to increase by 7.4% after rainfall.

"New Bond King" Gundlach: The stock market is overvalued compared to March levels.