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Market News: Indonesia's central bank has made triple intervention to maintain market confidence in the Indonesian rupiah.The list of members of the Sixth Executive Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region was announced. According to the relevant provisions of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the sixth Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region has completed the preparatory work for the members of the Sixth Executive Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region. Eleven people have accepted the invitation to serve as members of the Executive Council: Zhang Yongchun, Ou Anli, Chen Zewu, Ma Zhiyi, Chen Jialiang, Ye Zhaojia, Liu Yiliang, Liang Weifeng, Song Biqi, Tang Jizong and Yu Chengbin. The relevant executive order will be announced on December 20, and 11 members of the Executive Council will be sworn in on the same day. The Executive Council is an organization that assists the Chief Executive in making decisions. The sixth Chief Executive, Cen Haohui, is convinced that all the appointed members can support and implement the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, be loyal to the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region, be devoted to their duties, be honest and perform their duties, safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, accurately implement the principle of "one country, two systems" and ensure the stability and far-reaching implementation of "one country, two systems" in Macao.Afternoon comments on Hong Kong stocks: Hang Seng Index fell by 1.66%, Hang Seng Technology Index fell by 1.95%, Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, Hang Seng Index fell by 1.66% and Hang Seng Technology Index fell by 1.95%. Sunac China fell more than 6%, while Xpeng Motors and CITIC Securities fell more than 4%.

According to CITIC Securities, it is necessary for deficit ratio to rise to nearly 4%, and mortgage interest rates is expected to fall further. According to Yicai, the Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing on December 11th and 12th. Regarding what it means to change the tone of fiscal policy from "positive" to "more positive", the chief economist of CITIC Securities clearly said that I think it means that the whole fiscal policy will be further expanded next year. First of all, from the perspective of deficit ratio, our deficit ratio is 3% this year and 3% at the beginning of last year. However, we had a special budget adjustment at the end of last year, so the deficit ratio from the end of last year to the end of last year was actually 3.8%. Looking forward to next year, we think that the ratio that may be close to 4% should be the effect that everyone expects to achieve at present. In terms of monetary policy, we can see a series of monetary policies, including further relaxing some restrictions on purchase restriction and loan restriction, including the down payment ratio, and a particularly important one is to reduce the mortgage interest rates. I think these monetary policies will be further promoted in the future, and even further declined in mortgage interest rates, for example.Xiangyang, Hubei Province: Ten years after retirement, the loan amount was raised to 800,000 yuan. According to the news of "Voice of Xiangyang" on WeChat WeChat official account, recently, seven departments, including the Housing and Urban Renewal Bureau of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, jointly issued "Several Measures for Continuously Promoting the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market in the Central City" to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market in our city. This measure will be implemented as of December 10, 2024. The notice stipulates that the support of housing provident fund should be increased, and the maximum loan amount of housing provident fund should be raised to 800,000 yuan; For new citizens, young people, teachers, medical staff, families with many children, high-level talents to buy new commercial housing and "trade-in" and other housing provident funds, the maximum loan amount can be increased by 20% on the basis of the maximum amount. For those who buy high-quality houses and prefabricated houses, they can rise by 10% on the above basis. Deposited employees have been paid in full for five consecutive years, and the loan period can be extended to 10 years after retirement, and the longest loan period shall not exceed 30 years. Flexible employees who have paid the housing provident fund in full for more than 6 months (inclusive) may apply for housing provident fund loans.CICC: Gradually filling the gap between inflation and demand will be the direction of economic work next year. The Central Economic Work Conference will be held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. The research department of CICC believes that for the economic goal of next year, after "maintaining stable economic growth", the meeting proposed to "maintain overall stability in employment and prices" and put forward "focusing on goal guidance and striving to achieve an optimal combination of stable growth, stable employment and reasonable price recovery". This is the first time in the past 15 years that "stabilizing prices" has been taken as the goal of annual economic work during the period of low prices. The research department of CICC believes that gradually bridging the inflation gap and demand gap will be the direction of economic work next year.

Hong Kong Treasury Bureau: It plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year. Chen Haolian, deputy director of the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that it plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year to promote the sustainable development of different sectors of the virtual asset market. At present, there are three licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Treasury Bureau plans to submit a bill on the supervision system for the issuers of legal tender stable currency to the Legislative Council for deliberation within this month.On the 13th, local time, the South Korean prosecutor summoned Guo Zhonggen, the commander of the special operations before the investigation.Brazilian President Lula's intracranial drainage tube has been removed and recovered well. On December 12, local time, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil issued a medical announcement, saying that the intracranial drainage tube placed after President Lula's surgery had been removed that evening. At present, Lula is conscious and thinking normally, and is still in intensive care in the hospital. According to the announcement, Lula's nervous system is normal and there are no complications, and there will be no sequelae in the future. At present, he is recovering well and can eat and talk normally. The hospital advised him to continue to rest.