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Datong, Shanxi: Parents' and children's provident funds can be withdrawn to buy houses. On December 9, the Housing Provident Fund Management Center of Datong City, Shanxi Province issued the Notice on Adjusting the Policy of Withdrawing and Lending Some Housing Provident Funds. According to the document, the minimum down payment ratio for the first set of housing and the second set of housing is 20% for paid employees who use provident fund loans to purchase self-occupied commercial housing, and 15% for affordable housing. At the same time, the interest rate of individual housing provident fund loans will be lowered by 0.25 percentage points. From May 18, 2024, the interest rates of the first set of individual housing provident fund loans for less than five years (including five years) and more than five years will be adjusted to 2.35% and 2.85% respectively, and the interest rates of the second set of individual housing provident fund loans for less than five years (including five years) and more than five years will be adjusted to 2.775% and 3.325% respectively. Datong will also appropriately increase the amount of provident fund loans. For high-level talents, families with two or more children and families with active military personnel, the maximum amount of housing provident fund loans will rise by 20% on the basis of the current policy. Expand the scope of housing provident fund purchase, and when employees purchase housing, they can also apply for the withdrawal of housing provident fund for parents or children.Saudi Arabia claims that Israel's actions in Syria have destroyed the opportunity to restore security.The researcher of Everbright Bank commented on China's import and export data in November: the export growth rate is stronger than seasonality, and foreign trade exports are expected to grow steadily in the next few months. Zhou Maohua, a macro researcher in the financial market department of Everbright Bank, told Wall Street that the export growth rate in November was stronger than seasonality, the import decline exceeded expectations (weaker than seasonality), the trade surplus expanded, and foreign trade contributed more to the economy in the fourth quarter. Due to the resilience of overseas demand, overseas foreign trade importers rushed to avoid tariffs and hoarded goods in advance, and the effects of policies such as stabilizing foreign trade appeared, driving export growth to exceed expectations; The decline in imports in November exceeded expectations, mainly due to the weak recovery of domestic demand, the cautious decision of enterprises to expand and increase import inventory, and the low prices of international energy and other commodities that depressed the overall import cost.

The Reserve Bank of Australia maintains the interest rate at a 13-year high, suggesting that it has made progress in fighting inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia maintains the key interest rate at a 13-year high to cope with stubborn price pressure, while suggesting that it has made some progress in fighting inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash interest rate unchanged at 4.35% on Tuesday. As widely expected, it has kept the interest rate at this level for more than a year. The Monetary Policy Committee said that "there is some confidence that inflation is moving towards the target in a sustainable way". Australian dollar and policy-sensitive 3-year Australian government bond yields fell. Since the last meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian dollar has fallen by about 3% against the US dollar, while Australian government bonds have risen due to the expectation of interest rate cuts as early as February next year.At least 184 people were killed in an attack on a community in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On December 9, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volcker Turk, said that Haitian gang armed forces attacked a community on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince last weekend, killing at least 184 people. Since the beginning of this year, the number of people killed in gang attacks in Port-au-Prince has reached 5,000. At present, Haitian gangs control 80% of Port-au-Prince, and violent incidents occur frequently.The turnover of Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan for the third consecutive trading day.

Morgan Stanley published a research report, predicting that Chow Tai Fook's share price will outperform the market index in the same period in the next 30 days with a 70% to 80% chance, pointing out that Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party revealed a strong stimulus policy tone yesterday, indicating that it is necessary to expand domestic demand, and called for supporting measures for housing and stock market stability, hoping for stable asset prices, which will have a positive impact on gold and jewelry consumption. The bank also pointed out that December of each year to February of the following year is usually the traditional peak season for jewelry sales, and Chow Tai Fook's share price has fallen by about 40% this year, which is inferior to the performance of MSCI China Index and Hang Seng Index in the same period. It is expected that the strength and implementation details of the central government's stimulus measures, the pace of inflation and the stability of gold prices in the future will affect whether the company's valuation can be revalued in the market and maintain its "in sync with the market" rating, with a target price of HK$ 8.3.Malaysia exported 1.49 million tons of palm oil in November, down 15%.Li Jun, the former first-level senior police sergeant of the Economic Crime Investigation Corps of Jiangxi Provincial Public Security Department, was examined and investigated. On December 10th, WeChat official account WeChat reported that Li Jun, the former first-level senior police sergeant of the Economic Crime Investigation Corps of Jiangxi Provincial Public Security Department, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and took the initiative to explain the problem to the organization. At present, he is being examined by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Provincial Public Security Department and supervised by the Supervision Committee of Yushan County, Shangrao City.