In MACRO, ENERGY & CRYPTO NEWS, China frustration spills into civil unrest, global inflation could have peaked, Rolls-Royce homes in on an SMR site, a British nuclear fusion start-up plans a reactor and crypto fraud booms. In CONSUMER SPENDING/RETAIL TRENDS NEWS, US restaurants and grocers tussle, British retailers hope consumers will spend, beverages companies benefits from a spirits boost, free newspapers look vulnerable and UK house-buying demand falls. In EV-RELATED NEWS, Great Wall launches in the UK and Britishvolt abandons Canada plans. AND FINALLY, I bring you a Christmas eating plan and Yorkshire pudding-flavoured beer