Moody's: The Reserve Bank of Australia may cut interest rates in May next year or ahead of schedule. After the Reserve Bank of Australia issued its December policy interest rate statement, Moody's analyst Harry Murphy Cruise said that the Reserve Bank of Australia may cut interest rates ahead of schedule. The Reserve Bank of Australia did not change its cash interest rate earlier today, but the tone was obviously more moderate. The Committee removed the statement that "no possibility is ruled out" and actually ruled out the possibility of raising interest rates. Australia's potential inflation rate will drop to 3.4% in the fourth quarter of this year, equivalent to an annualized rate of 2.9%. Although this may cause the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates in February. However, if the annualized inflation rate in the first quarter is lower than 3%, it may not meet the Committee's standard of "sustainable" inflation moving closer to the target range.Scientists in China won the "Guardian of the Earth Award" of the United Nations Environment Programme in 2024. On December 10th, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the winners of the "Guardian of the Earth Award" in recognition of their outstanding contributions in dealing with land degradation, drought and desertification. Six people and projects from China, Brazil, USA, Romania, India and Egypt won prizes. Lu Qi, a scientist from China, won the "Science and Innovation Award" and was the first person from China to win this award category. Lu Qi is the chief scientist of the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the founding president of the Three North Engineering Research Institute. He has played a key role in promoting the implementation of the world's largest afforestation project, establishing a desert ecological research network and partnership, and promoting multilateral cooperation to curb desertification, land degradation and drought.The modern factory project is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2026.
HSBC: The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates next week. Economists at HSBC Global Research pointed out that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates at its meeting in December. Frederic Neumann and Jun Takazawa, the bank's economists, said that the recent hawkish remarks by officials reflected both foreign exchange fluctuations and the improvement of economic data. Most members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Committee may have enough confidence that wages will continue to increase generally next year and will choose to raise interest rates before December and January, when Trump takes office. Japan's economy and prices are still on the normal track, and wages, consumption and service inflation have all made progress. HSBC predicts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates by 25 basis points again in the first quarter of 2026, bringing the policy interest rate to 1%.On December 10th, it was reported that Yizi International, a snack and candy company, was exploring the acquisition of Hershey, a well-known chocolate manufacturer in the United States. This potential transaction is expected to create a food giant with a total sales of nearly $50 billion. People familiar with the matter said that Yizi had made preliminary contact on a possible merger. By the end of last week, the market value of Yizi was about $84 billion, compared with $35 billion at Hershey. People familiar with the matter said that the consultation was at an early stage and it was uncertain whether an agreement would be reached.The Hang Seng Science and Technology Index fell, having previously risen by more than 4%; The increase of Hang Seng Index narrowed to 0.4%, after rising by more than 3%.
International Air Transport Association (IATA): In 2025, the number of passengers in the global aviation industry will reach a record 5.2 billion.CSI Index Company: On December 11th, it will officially release two indexes, including CSI Free Cash Flow Index. CSI Index Company announced that CSI Index Co., Ltd. will officially release CSI Free Cash Flow Index and CSI 800 Free Cash Flow Index on December 11th, 2024 to provide more investment targets for the market. The two free cash flow indices released this time select listed company securities with high free cash flow rate from the sample space of CSI Full Index and CSI 800 Index respectively as index samples, reflecting the overall performance of listed company securities with strong cash flow creation ability in the corresponding space. Among them, the sample number of CSI Free Cash Flow Index is 100, and the sample number of CSI 800 Free Cash Flow Index is 50. (Website of CSI Index Co., Ltd.)International Air Transport Association predicts that the global aviation industry will reach a record 5.2 billion passengers in 2025.