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Survey by Monetary Authority of Singapore: Economists have lowered Singapore's non-oil domestic export growth forecast from 3.0% to 1.0% in 2024.If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."South Korea's Public Affairs Office: The arrest of President Yin Xiyue will be discussed. On the 11th, South Korea's Senior Public Officials' Crime Investigation Office (referred to as the Public Affairs Office) said that it is working hard to launch an investigation and will discuss the arrest of President Yin Xiyue, "with full will". Wu Dongyun, head of the Public Mediation Office, made the above statement when attending the meeting of the Legal and Judicial Committee of the National Assembly on the same day. Wu Dongyun said that if circumstances permit, an attempt will be made to arrest Yin Xiyue by emergency arrest or applying for issuing an arrest warrant. Earlier in the day, the special investigation team of the National Investigation Headquarters under the South Korean Police Agency said that the Presidential Palace, the South Korean Police Agency, the Seoul Police Agency and the National Guard had been seized and searched. (Xinhua News Agency)

Ukrainian President Zelensky: (On the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban) You should not talk about the situation in Ukraine without Ukraine.German Foreign Minister: The transition in Syria is not over yet.Head of South Korea's senior public official crime investigation department: If the conditions are met, it will seek to arrest Yin Xiyue. The head of South Korea's senior public official crime investigation department said that if the conditions are met, the team will seek to arrest President Yin Xiyue or seek to issue an arrest warrant for him. On Wednesday, when answering questions raised by opposition lawmakers at the National Assembly meeting, Oh Dong-woon indicated that he had the intention to arrest Yin Xiyue.

Huawei and Bank of Zhengzhou signed a strategic cooperation agreement. On December 9, Bank of Zhengzhou Co., Ltd. (Bank of Zhengzhou) and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Zhengzhou. According to the agreement, based on Bank of Zhengzhou's business advantages in the financial field and Huawei's leading technology in the ICT field, the two parties will focus on banking business scenarios and combine the practical experience of the banking industry to jointly plan a digital transformation plan, realize the landing of digital innovation scenarios, cultivate digital professionals, help Bank of Zhengzhou to move forward to "a first-class commercial bank with distinctive policy-based science and technology innovation business characteristics" and empower financial development with the power of intelligence.ExxonMobil: By 2030, we plan to invest about 140 billion US dollars in major projects and Permian basin development plans.