The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft will remain grounded until operators complete enhanced inspections, including left and right door exit plugs, door assemblies and fasteners.

Elysee Palace, French Presidential Palace: French Prime Minister Bornet resigned and will serve in a caretaker position until a new government is formed. French President Macron thanked Bornay for his work.

According to Nikkei: The Japanese government is developing regulations requiring social media platforms to respond quickly to user complaints of online defamation. Platforms will be required to develop guidelines for removing posts deemed defamatory online.

HSBC: We have raised our gold forecasts in 2024 and 2025 to $1,947 per ounce (original forecast was $1,850 per ounce) and $1,835 per ounce (original forecast was $1,725 per ounce).

According to Sky News: Barclays (BCS.N) will lay off about 5,000 people in 2023.

The U.S. three-month Treasury bond auction as of January 8 - the winning interest rate was 5.235%, compared with the previous value of 5.25%.

The U.S. six-month Treasury bond auction as of January 8 - the winning rate allocation percentage was 34.07%, compared with the previous value of 59.47%.

Boeing (BA.N) Commercial Aircraft chief: Boeing has sent MAX 9 inspection instructions to airlines and will conduct a "short-term shutdown" at the Layton plant on Monday morning.

Boeing (BA.N): Company CEO Calhoun will hold a live webcast on safety on January 9.

In February, BTC Azerbaijan light crude oil loading capacity will drop to 548,000 barrels per day.

Boeing (BA.N): Agree and support the FAA’s inspection decision and will work closely with customers who have purchased the 737 MAX 9.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O): NVIDIA brings generative artificial intelligence to millions of users through Tensor Core GPUs, LLMS and RTX PC and workstation tools.

Volkswagen and Cerence collaborate on generative artificial intelligence, and Volkswagen deploys Cerence Chat Pro.

Market news: Boeing (BA.N) issued an inspection memo for the Boeing MAX 9 aircraft.

U.S. three-year inflation expectations fell to 2.6% from 3% in December.

USD/CHF fell 0.50% on the day and is now at 0.8462.

White House: Bipartisan funding agreement brings the United States closer to avoiding a government shutdown.

German Chancellor Scholz: I believe the EU will reach an agreement on economic assistance to Ukraine at the upcoming special summit.

According to Politico: If US Defense Secretary Austin offers to resign, US President Biden will not accept it.

According to a report from the Ecuador Institute of Geophysics, at 7:59 local time on January 8, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred in the southwestern waters of the country with a focal depth of 13 kilometers. At 8:06 local time that day, another magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred 8 kilometers away from the location of the last earthquake, with a focal depth of 20 kilometers. There are currently no reports of casualties and no tsunami warning.