Citigroup: It is expected that the overall commodities will fall slightly in 2025.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."Zamrazilova, Deputy Governor of the Czech Central Bank: I hope to see the inflation rate drop in January, and then I can start to consider further relaxing interest rates.
Goldman Sachs CFO Coleman: US President-elect Trump announced the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It is expected that this progress will lead to more M&A transactions.According to the survey of Monetary Authority of Singapore, 33% people expect that the slope of Singapore's exchange rate will be lowered in the January monetary policy evaluation (previously 50%).Financial Times: The RMB exchange rate has a solid foundation to remain basically stable. The Financial Times issued a document today saying that recently, after the US election, the market speculated on Trump trading, which greatly pushed up the US dollar index, with the highest exceeding 108. Non-US dollar currencies were generally under pressure. The RMB exchange rate fluctuated in both directions, the flexibility was enhanced, the market expectation was relatively stable, the purchase and sale of foreign exchange by enterprises were rational and orderly, and the foreign exchange market was generally stable. Many industry experts believe that the possibility of the downward trend of the US dollar is increasing, and China's economic development is stable and improving. From the internal and external conditions, the RMB exchange rate has a solid foundation for maintaining basic stability at a reasonable and balanced level, and it is highly probable that it will stabilize and rise with the increase of foreign exchange settlement by enterprises at the end of the year.
Chilean Mining Association (SONAMI): Chile's copper production is expected to remain stable this year.Saudi Arabia won the right to host the 2034 World Cup, and the FIFA Council confirmed that the 2034 World Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, which is the third time that Asia has hosted the World Cup. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is also the only bidding country for the 2034 World Cup. The Saudi Football Association announced its bid to host the 2034 World Cup on October 9, 2023. By the deadline of November 1, 2023, there was still only one bidding country in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time in nearly 60 years that FIFA has determined the right to host the World Cup without competitors. Saudi Arabia is also the fourth Asian country to host the World Cup after South Korea and Japan in 2002 and Qatar in 2022. This is the second time that the World Cup has entered West Asia.Date of hearing the liquidation petition of R&F Property's subsidiary. On Wednesday, the Hong Kong court postponed the date of hearing the liquidation petition to December 16th, when representatives of R&F Properties (Hong Kong) will go to court with lawyers of Seatown Holdings Private Equity Fund. Seatown Holdings is supported by Singapore Temasek Holdings.
Strategy guide 12-13
Strategy guide
Strategy guide 12-13