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Caoji Group seeks to raise up to HK$ 138 million through Hong Kong IPO. According to the announcement of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Caoji Group will issue about 33.3 million shares at a price range of HK$ 3.75 to HK$ 4.15 per share. The company may raise up to HK$ 138 million (US$ 17.8 million) and is expected to start listing on December 19th.ADB lowered the growth forecast of developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region to maintain China's economic growth forecast. On December 11th, the Asian Development Bank issued the Asia Development Outlook 2024 (December Edition). According to the report, the development momentum in the Asia-Pacific region is steady, but as US President-elect Trump is about to take office, changes in his trade, finance and immigration policies may inhibit the development of the Asia-Pacific region and aggravate inflation. ADB lowered its growth forecast for developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region from the previous 5.0% to 4.9% in 2024, and from the previous 4.9% to 4.8% in 2025. China's economic growth is expected to remain at 4.8% and 4.5% in 2024 and 2025 respectively, which is the same as before.Huatai Securities: The expected recovery and fundamental stabilization of the real estate market are expected to accelerate under the policy blessing. Huatai Securities Research Report said that on December 9, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting, stressing that it would "implement more active and promising macro policies" and pointed out that it would "stabilize the property market and stock market". Since the end of September, continuous favorable policies have supported fundamental improvement. The central government reiterated its support for real estate at key meetings, which means that there may be more room for policy support next year, and a more relaxed environment is expected to consolidate this improvement trend. The expected repair and fundamental stabilization of the real estate market are expected to accelerate under the blessing of policies. In the follow-up, we should still pay attention to the sustainability of market volume and price recovery and the progress of macro-support policies, purchasing and storage, urban village reconstruction and other policies. Before confirming the bottom of the market, we are more optimistic about housing enterprises with more resources and stable operation in core cities; At the same time, property management companies with resilient performance and stable cash flow are also expected to benefit from the market's stabilization.

Shenzhen Holdings: Auditor replacement: PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned and Ernst & Young took over. On December 10th, Shenzhen Holdings (00604.HK) announced that according to Rule 13.51(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to resign as the auditor of Shenzhen Holdings with effect from December 10th, 2024. At the same time, the board of directors of Shenzhen Holdings decided to appoint Ernst & Young as the new auditor of the company, which will also take effect from December 10, 2024 until the end of the next annual general meeting.Greedy was elected as the representative word of Taiwan Province in 2024, and the voting results of Taiwan Province 2024 representative word were announced on the 10th. The word "Greedy" ranked first with 8736 votes and was elected as the representative word of this year. The word "dou" and "cheat" are ranked second and third respectively. This annual representative voting activity in Taiwan Province is sponsored by United Daily News. People from all walks of life are invited to recommend it, and then the people vote by telephone, SMS and online. A total of 57 candidate words were collected this year, and the top 10 were ranked as greed, struggle, fraud, resilience, earthquake, financing, danger, security and electricity in the order of votes. (Xinhua News Agency)Japan's producer price in November increased by 0.3% month-on-month, and it is estimated to increase by 0.2%. Japan's producer price in November increased by 3.7% year-on-year, and it is estimated to increase by 3.4%.

Monetary policy has turned to "moderate easing", and experts say that it is expected to make greater efforts to lower the RRR and cut interest rates. The the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 changed the orientation of monetary policy from "steady" to "moderate easing" next year. Experts said that under the orientation of "moderate easing", the monetary policy space was further opened. In terms of total amount, it is more reasonable and sufficient to maintain liquidity; In terms of price, appropriately reducing the financing cost will better reflect the effectiveness of monetary policy. Next year, even greater RRR cuts and interest rate cuts can be expected. In addition to lowering the RRR and cutting interest rates, experts said that structural monetary policy tools, buying government bonds, open market buyout reverse repurchase and other operations are expected to continue to expand the scale, increase the frequency of use, and continuously enhance the effectiveness and pertinence of monetary policy. (CSI)Greedy was elected as the representative word of Taiwan Province in 2024, and the voting results of Taiwan Province 2024 representative word were announced on the 10th. The word "Greedy" ranked first with 8736 votes and was elected as the representative word of this year. The word "dou" and "cheat" are ranked second and third respectively. This annual representative voting activity in Taiwan Province is sponsored by United Daily News. People from all walks of life are invited to recommend it, and then the people vote by telephone, SMS and online. A total of 57 candidate words were collected this year, and the top 10 were ranked as greed, struggle, fraud, resilience, earthquake, financing, danger, security and electricity in the order of votes. (Xinhua News Agency)Argentine President Millai: Argentines can now trade in any currency.