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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.Monetary authority of singapore survey shows that economists predict that Singapore's core inflation rate will be 1.8% in 2025 and 2.8% in 2024 (the previous value is 2.9%).There is a wave of "restriction on purchases" in the public offering market. The announcement of Huitianfu Fund on December 11th shows that since December 12th, Huitianfu Enhanced Income Bond A has suspended large-scale subscription, large-scale conversion and large-scale fixed investment business, and the amount of single or multiple cumulative subscriptions, conversion and fixed investment in a single fund account per day should not exceed 10 million yuan (inclusive). Recently, the reporter found that there is a "restricted purchase tide" in the public offering market. Whether it is active equity funds, bond funds or QDII funds, many outstanding products have recently announced the suspension of large-scale subscription, and even QDII products have directly "closed the market" and suspended all buying operations. (CSI)

German Chancellor Scholz: Putin has not achieved a single war goal, and the process of Ukrainian European integration is irreversible. Ukraine's energy sector needs a lot of private investment.Citigroup: It is expected that the gold and silver markets will resume their gradual upward trend within 3-12 months, reaching $3,000/ounce and $36/ounce respectively. Under basic conditions, it is expected that the price of crude oil will gradually drop to 60 USD/barrel in the middle of 2025, and will remain near this level in the second half of 2025 and 2026.Before the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, it released chaotic signals. Japanese traders were confused about when to raise interest rates. After the Bank of Japan officials' remarks and media reports sent different signals, traders have been confused about when the central bank might raise interest rates in the past week. This kind of confusion led to sharp fluctuations in the market's interest rate hike bets. The overnight index swap pricing showed that the probability of raising interest rates in December was 22%, which was significantly lower than 60% at the beginning of last week. This week, the yen fell from 150 last Friday to a low of 152.18 to the dollar, and the exchange rate was 151.73 at 10:40 Tokyo time. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview last month that the interest rate hike was approaching. A few days later, a report by the news agency emphasized the concern of the central bank about raising interest rates prematurely. Tomaki Nakamura, a member of the Dove Policy Committee, said last week that he was not opposed to raising interest rates, but this month's policy decision must consider data factors.

Israeli military: In the past 48 hours, it has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". The Israel Defense Forces said on the 11th that in the past 48 hours, the Israeli army has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli army has destroyed "70% to 80% of the strategic military capability of the Assad regime".On December 15th, the liquefied natural gas carrier CORAL EVOLUTION will sail from Rubies Port to the Belgian Zeebrugge Wharf for unloading.The Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission issued the Action Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of Scientific Instruments and Reagents in Shanghai (2025-2027), which was formulated by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission to promote the innovative development of the scientific instruments and reagents industry in Shanghai. Adhere to the working idea of "following the development law, facing the needs of the industry, strengthening superior products, cultivating and expanding enterprises, and creating a development ecology", adhere to the product as the traction, strengthen key core technology research, vigorously cultivate first-class enterprises, and promote the high-quality development of the industry. By 2027, 1-2 technical test and verification platforms will be built, and more than 5 application scenarios and user experience centers will be built. The scientific and technological innovation ability of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents in our city will be further enhanced, and the industrial innovation ecology will be further improved. More than 5 leading scientific and technological enterprises in subdivided tracks will be cultivated, and more than 5 scientific instruments and 10 scientific research reagents reaching the international leading level will be formed. The industrial output value of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents will be about 45 billion yuan.