Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.The daily limit of Sanyuan shares and Panda dairy products rose due to changes in the dairy sector, while Sanyuan shares and Panda dairy products rose due to changes in the dairy sector. The western animal husbandry industry rose by over 15%, followed by Ligao food, qiaqia food and Nanqiao food.Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira. On December 9, 2024, Minister Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on enhancing the transparency of subsidy policy, supporting the operation of global trust funds and maintaining the multilateral trading system.
The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country, and banks have issued assessment tasks: before the first quarter, each person must complete at least 20 accounts, and the personal pension system has been extended from 36 pilot cities (regions) to the whole country. The reporter learned that major banks have already laid out in advance in non-pilot areas and started the work of making an appointment to open an account for personal pension funds. A staff member of the personal finance department of a state-owned bank told reporters that with the full roll-out of the personal pension system, their bank is preparing for a 100-day attack. The staff also revealed that at present, the bank has issued specific task indicators to employees. "Each employee needs to complete about 20 to 30 account opening tasks, from now until the end of the first quarter of next year." (per meridian)Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the Mediterranean region and northwest Europe in January at a discount of $4.90 per barrel.Korean media: South Korea's ruling party has added another person to support the impeachment of Yin Xiyue, and the number of members in favor has now increased to six. According to the latest news in Yonhap News Agency, Zhongwu Qin, a member of parliament of South Korea's ruling National Power Party, said on the 12th that he would vote for the impeachment of the president on the 14th. Yonhap News Agency said that so far, the number of members of the ruling party who have publicly expressed their support for the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue has increased to six.
The main fuel contract rose by 4.00% in the day and is now reported at 3188.00 yuan/ton.Chief Economic Adviser of India: The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025. The chief economic adviser of India said that maintaining the growth rate is still a top priority. The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025.Speaker of South Korea's National Assembly: Yin Xiyue will never tolerate declaring martial law in order to warn the National Assembly. On the 12th, South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Yu Yuanzhi said that Yin Xiyue "declared emergency martial law in order to warn the National Assembly, which is absolutely intolerable in the constitutional order, because it means that the democratic constitutional order can be destroyed for political purposes, and the basic rights of the people can also be used as a means for political purposes". Yu Yuanzhi also said that today's presidential talk cannot lead to other misjudgments or social chaos, and Congress will deal with all possible situations.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide