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The Central Finger Research Institute: In November, the price of second-hand houses in Beijing narrowed by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month. On December 11th, the Central Finger Research Institute released a map of the price of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November 2024, 18,763 sets of second-hand houses were sold in Beijing, up 8% from the previous month and 49.6% from the same period last year. The cumulative turnover from January to November increased by 8.2% compared with the same period last year. In terms of price, in November, the price of second-hand housing in Beijing fell by 0.12% month-on-month, narrowing by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month.Cui Xiangmu, Minister of Planning and Finance of South Korea: South Korea has done its best to stabilize the exchange rate through smooth operation. Compared with the past crisis, the current foreign exchange market situation in South Korea is different. South Korea will not do anything that may damage the "safety net" of foreign exchange.Spot gold fell nearly $10 in the short term and fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 0.50% in the day.

Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.Wuxi factory was completed last year, and Yakult in Shanghai was closed this year: The Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters. Recently, the news that Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria brand, closed its Shanghai factory attracted attention. It is reported that the Shanghai factory producing Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria beverage, stopped production on December 6, and the production will be fully transferred to other domestic bases such as Tianjin factory and Wuxi factory. In this regard, Yakult China said that the Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters, and the closure of the Shanghai factory is part of the business reform, with the aim of improving production efficiency through restructuring and integrating resource allocation to further improve sales and performance. (21 Finance)Morgan Asset Management: Trump's economic policy is generally beneficial to the US economy to maintain the "overweight" rating on US stocks and credit. Sheng Nan, global multi-asset strategist of Morgan Asset Management, said that it is expected that the economic policy of US President-elect Trump will be generally beneficial to the local economy, but the implementation order of specific policies will also determine the growth trajectory in the next two years. Sheng Nan mentioned that Trump pays more attention to deregulation and measures to boost finance by extending tax cuts, which will improve business confidence, open capital markets and accelerate growth and return on assets. However, if the focus is on immigration and tariff policies, the interruption of labor supply or trade may have negative consequences, inhibit economic growth and lead to asset market fluctuations. Sheng Nan believes that despite the above uncertainties, the US economy is expected to grow strongly next year, and the local GDP will not slow down to 2% until the fourth quarter of next year, so he maintains the "overweight" rating on US stocks and credit.

Ice and snow tourism concept stocks strengthened in the short-term, with Inpais trading daily, Yuanlongyatu and Longjiang traffic rising.Allan Monks, an economist in JPMorgan Chase: The Bank of England's signal about gradually cutting interest rates has been very strong recently, suggesting that the possibility of cutting interest rates next week is very low. However, if the signs of the accelerated weakening of the labor market continue, it will force the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to deviate from this information.An increase of 91.3%! In the first 11 months, there were more than 33.1 million people entering and leaving Shanghai port. Since last year, China has successively introduced or resumed various visa-free policies, and the level of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. From January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 inbound and outbound means of transport at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up 43.6% and 91.3% respectively over the same period last year. (CCTV News)