Category: Flash News

On January 30th, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an exemption letter on January 29th local time, stating that he will continue to provide life-saving humanitarian aid during the 90 day suspension of foreign aid. Previously, just hours after taking office, US President Trump ordered a 90 day suspension of foreign aid to review its alignment with his foreign policy priorities. The statement released by the US State Department on the 26th stated that, in accordance with Trump’s executive order to reassess and adjust US foreign aid, US Secretary of State Rubio has suspended all US foreign aid funded by or provided through the State Department and the US Agency for International Development for review.

① 14:30 Initial value of France’s fourth quarter GDP annual rate; ② 15: 00 Swiss December trade account; ③ 15: 00 UK January Nationwide House Price Index Monthly Rate; ④ 16: 00 Swiss January KOF Economic Leading Indicator; ⑤ 17: Germany’s fourth quarter non seasonally adjusted GDP annual rate initial value; ⑥ 17: 30 December UK central bank mortgage approval; ⑦ 18: Initial GDP annual rate for the fourth quarter of the Eurozone, December unemployment rate, January industrial and economic prosperity index, and January consumer confidence index; ⑧ 21:15 European Central Bank announces interest rate decision; ⑨ 21:30 Initial jobless claims for the week ending January 25th in the United States, initial quarterly rate of real GDP for the fourth quarter, initial quarterly rate of real personal consumption expenditure for the fourth quarter, and initial quarterly rate of core PCE price index for the fourth quarter; ⑩ At 21:45, European Central Bank President Lagarde held a press conference on monetary policy 23:00 Monthly rate of signed home sales index for December in the United States; ⑫ 23:30 US EIA natural gas inventory for the week ending January 24th.

On January 30th, Meta PlatformsCEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that Threads has over 320 million monthly active users, and it is expected that advertising on Threads will not be a significant driver of revenue growth by 2025. WhatsApp has over 100 million monthly active users in the United States. And it stated that the company’s new employees will flow towards those artificial intelligence (AI) projects, with Meta AI having over 700 million monthly active users. It is expected that the adoption of MTIA chips will accelerate in 2025, followed by the expansion of customized chips to training workloads for ranking and recommendation next year.

On January 30th, Meta’s US stock market rose more than 3% after trading, having previously fallen more than 4%. The operating revenue of the company’s APP family in the fourth quarter was 28.33 billion US dollars, and analysts expected it to be 25.3 billion US dollars. The average daily active users of the APP “family” in December 2024 was 3.35 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5%; In the fourth quarter and the full year of 2024, there was a year-on-year growth of 6% and 11% respectively.

On January 30th, White House Press Secretary Levitt announced on social media that the White House Office of Management and Budget had withdrawn a memorandum “suspending federal funding and loan disbursement” on the same day. However, this was not to lift the federal funding freeze, but rather to end the chaos. President Trump’s executive order on federal funds remains fully effective and will be strictly enforced. (CCTV News)

On January 30th, Tesla Cybercab is scheduled to start production in 2026, and it is expected that the vehicle business will resume growth by 2025. It is expected that by 2025, the power generation and energy storage businesses will achieve at least 50% year-on-year growth. It is expected that the Model Y will once again become the best-selling vehicle among all types of vehicles worldwide throughout 2024. We plan to launch robot taxi services in some parts of the United States later this year.

On January 30th, most popular Chinese concept stocks fell, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index falling 1.16%. TAL Education has fallen by over 4%, Bilibili and iQiyi have fallen by over 3%, Vipshop, NetEase, Futu Holdings, and NIO have fallen by over 2%, and Xiaopeng Motors, JD.com, and Tencent Music have fallen by over 1%; Beike rose by over 1%, while Alibaba saw a slight increase.

On January 30th, Bored Jeff Gundlach, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and founder of DoubleLine Capital, known as the “New Bond King,” stated that the basic assumption is that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates once in 2025, with a maximum of two possible cuts.

On January 30th, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that in terms of the cryptocurrency market, the role of the Federal Reserve is to regulate it. Banks are fully capable of providing services to cryptocurrency customers, and for banks engaged in cryptocurrency business, the threshold should be higher; The Federal Reserve does not want to take measures that would cause banks to terminate their relationships with fully legitimate customers. As long as banks can effectively manage risks, they are fully capable of providing services to cryptocurrency customers. Establishing stronger regulatory mechanisms around cryptocurrency would be beneficial.

On the afternoon of January 29th local time, US President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act at the White House, which is the first bill he has signed since taking office. According to the bill, individuals who illegally enter the United States and are accused of theft and violent crimes must be detained and may even be deported before being convicted. Previously, the Senate passed the bill with 64 votes in favor and 35 votes against on the 20th, and the House of Representatives passed the bill with 263 votes in favor and 156 votes against on the 22nd.