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Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)China Mobile cooperated with Huawei to complete the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro high-precision positioning for subway tunnels in China. On December 10th, according to Huawei's official news in China, in response to the requirements for positioning capability of communication industry in China's 14th Five-Year Plan, China Mobile Design Institute and Shanghai Mobile Company cooperated with Huawei to successfully realize the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro (EM) high-precision positioning solution in Shanghai subway tunnel. As an important network capability in vertical industry, the successful deployment of 5G high-precision positioning in subway tunnel scene marks a major breakthrough in 5G private network positioning technology.Spot gold rose 1% to $2,683.39 per ounce.

Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The bank's systems and technologies have never been fully integrated.Foreign capital is buying! Wall Street traders "lay out A shares" have gained huge floating profits. The latest data shows that Wall Street traders are "laying out A shares" through large call options. The data shows that from November 29th to last Friday, Wall Street traders bought nearly 180,000 Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3x Shares ETF (Yinn) call options. Wall Street traders also bought about 210,000 Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bull 2x Shares (code CHAU) call options last week. Among them, CHAU did twice as much as the CSI 300 Index, while YINN did three times as much as the FTSE China A50 Index. U.S. stocks closed overnight, and YINN and CHAU rose by more than 23% and 13% respectively. According to calculation, the book income of the buyers of the above-mentioned YINN and CHAU call options contracts has reached 138 million dollars (about 1 billion yuan). Today, the A-share market opened, and the three major indexes all opened sharply higher. The GEM index rose above 4% at first, and then the market suddenly changed, and the three major indexes quickly fell back. At the close, the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.59%, the Shenzhen Composite Index rose by 0.75%, and the GEM index rose by 0.69%. Looking forward to the A-share market outlook, institutional analysis believes that macroeconomic policies are expected to maintain a positive tone of overweight and countercyclical adjustment, and institutional funds, active funds and retail funds are expected to resonate, driving the A-share "year-end and year-end market" to continue to be interpreted.The pace of interest rate cuts may be inconsistent. The pound rose to the highest level against the euro since 2022, and the pound rose to the highest level against the euro in more than two and a half years. British government bonds fell because the market expected that the Bank of England would cut interest rates less than Europe. On Tuesday, the pound rose 0.3% against the euro to 82.50p, the first time since April 2022. British government bonds fell across the board, and the 10-year yield rose to 4.33%, the highest since November 28. Traders expect the Bank of England to stay put at its last policy meeting this year next week and maintain a cautious stance on subsequent interest rate cuts. The country's growth remains strong, while inflation in some areas remains high. At the same time, it is widely believed that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday to support the economy. "The 0.8200 mark is imminent," said Brad Bechtel, global foreign exchange director of Jefferies. "It is clear that the Bank of England will still lag far behind the European Central Bank in the pace and extent of interest rate cuts.

Finance Minister of Canada: The debt-to-GDP ratio will reach the government target of 42.1% in fiscal year 23-24.Chen Hui, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, was approved. Recently, CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, a subsidiary of China CPIC, announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved the qualification of general manager of Chen Hui China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd. on November 27th, 2024. According to the data, Chen Hui was born in February 1969. He is currently the director, general manager, compliance officer and chief risk officer of CPIC Property Insurance. Chen Hui used to be assistant and deputy general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Beijing Branch, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Hebei Branch, general manager and human resources director of CPIC Property & Casualty Human Resources Department. Prior to this, Chen Hui worked in Beijing Coal Corporation.Citigroup: Brazil is unlikely to cut interest rates next year.