Research institutions predict that Thailand's economy will grow by 2.4% in 2025. Thailand Kaitai Research Center released a report on the 13th, saying that it predicted that Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 2.4% in 2025, slightly lower than the growth forecast of 2.5% in 2024. The Kaitai Research Center believes that the slowdown in Thailand's economic growth is mainly due to the weakening of tourism, and it is expected that Thailand's exports to the US market will slow down. (Zhongxin. com)For the first time since November 2022, the yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds has exceeded the yield of 3-month US Treasury bonds.The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell to an intraday low of 0.5%.
Faba Bank: The Fed will formulate policies in consideration of inflation risks. Economists at Faba Bank wrote that it may be difficult for Fed officials to formulate and discuss monetary policies "without being involved in the debate on President-elect Trump's potential economic policies". They expect FOMC to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week, as reflected by the market. They added that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell "may use the press conference to provide options for further relaxing the suspension of monetary policy." They don't expect him to directly comment on Trump's policies, "but FOMC will formulate policies consistent with managing high inflation risks," economists said.Zhuhai Zhongfu: The controlling shareholder and actual controller intend to change. Zhuhai Zhongfu announced that the company intends to issue A shares to a specific target, with a planned number of 321,224,764 shares, and the total amount of funds raised is 822 million yuan. Xunzhen Investment intends to subscribe for the shares issued by the company in cash. After the completion of this issuance, the controlling shareholder and actual controller of the company will change. Before this issuance, the controlling shareholder of the company was Xinsi Road, and there was no actual controller. After this issuance, the controlling shareholder will be changed to Xunzhen Investment, and the actual controller will be changed to Yu Timing. The issuance still needs to be approved by the company's shareholders' meeting, examined and approved by Shenzhen Stock Exchange and approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Russian Defense Ministry: In the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises and facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry said that in the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises, Ukrainian military security energy facilities and Ukrainian military infrastructure including foreign mercenaries assembly sites.ECB officials are expected to cut interest rates further. Villeroy supports the market view, and several ECB officials said that more interest rate cuts are coming. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the French central bank, said that investors' bets on a cumulative interest rate cut of more than 100 basis points seemed reasonable. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on Friday. "Although the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, it seems to be quite reassuring to predict the financial market". The interest rate swap market reflects a rate cut of about 120 basis points by the end of next year. According to informed sources, the European Central Bank plans to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in January next year, and may also cut interest rates once in March.The yield of German 10-year government bonds is the biggest weekly increase since mid-April. The yield of German 10-year government bonds hit the highest level since November 25th, at 2.233%.