Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.05% at 20,215 points, with a high water level of 60 points.The attack on the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation in Afghanistan has killed four people. On the 11th local time, officials of the Ministry of Interior of the Afghan Interim Government said that the suicide attack at the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation that day had killed four people and seriously injured four people. Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Acting Minister of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, was killed in the attack. Khalil is one of the leading figures of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and also the uncle of sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Minister of the Interior of the Afghan Interim Government. According to Afghan media reports, Khalil is the first senior official killed since the Taliban in Afghanistan regained power in 2021. Afghan interim government security personnel have blocked the road leading to the explosion site and implemented control in the surrounding area. At present, no organization or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.Inflation data released the Fed's interest rate cut in December, but it lit up a yellow light for next year. The latest inflation data may make the Fed more cautious about the pace of interest rate cut, but not now. The latest report shows that inflation in the United States in November was in line with expectations, so investors still generally expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. However, stubborn price pressure also confirms the concern that the progress towards the Fed's 2% target may stagnate. This concern may prompt officials to be more restrained in predicting the number of interest rate cuts in 2025, while waiting for more evidence that inflation will steadily reach the target. Fed policymakers will release new forecasts and interest rate outlook at the end of the policy meeting in Washington on December 17-18. "I think they can safely cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December. The market is ready for this, "said Loretta Mester, former president of Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. "However, they must reconsider next year, because now it seems that the progress of inflation has really stagnated."
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will receive a new medical treatment on Thursday to prevent further brain bleeding, the Sao Paulo newspaper reported.The Afghan interim government condemned the explosion of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. On the 11th local time, Zabihullah Almugahed, spokesman of the Afghan interim government, condemned the death of Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting minister of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, and expressed condolences to Haqqani's family. According to Dawn News, Zabihullah Almugahed believes that the extremist organization "Islamic State" launched the attack that day. (CCTV)According to informed sources, Stada Arzneimittel AG, a pharmaceutical company focusing on consumer health care, sounded out investors' interest before the German IPO. The company may raise about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) through an IPO.
Ahmed Salah, leader of Syrian reactionaries: I will try to disband the regime security forces and close the notorious prisons.Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again. Experts suggest paying attention to exchange risk. Although it is in the cycle of interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve, dollar deposit products are still attractive to investors. Since December, a number of bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves US dollar wealth management products. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. In addition, although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. According to industry insiders, under the Fed's interest rate cut cycle, the main reason for the high heat of dollar wealth management and dollar deposits is the exchange rate expectation of a strong dollar. If the market expects the US dollar to appreciate or remain stable, holding US dollar assets (such as US dollar wealth management and US dollar deposits) can benefit from the potential exchange rate appreciation even if interest rates fall. In addition, in order to diversify risks, some investors choose to allocate part of their funds to US dollar assets to realize diversification of asset allocation. (Securities Daily)Securities Daily: Vigorously boosting consumption is the focus of macro-policy at present. The the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 pointed out that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption, improve investment efficiency and expand domestic demand in all directions. At present, China is in the stage of rapid growth of service consumption. In the future, all parties should continuously optimize and expand service supply, better stimulate the endogenous kinetic energy of service consumption, and provide strong support for expanding domestic demand and stimulating the economy. Promoting consumption is the main starting point for expanding domestic demand, and boosting consumption is the focus of macroeconomic policy. We firmly believe that with the continuous efforts of various policy initiatives, consumer confidence will continue to increase and consumption potential will continue to be released.