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Onshore RMB against the US dollar (CNY) closed at 7.2562 yuan at 03:00 Beijing time, up 171 points from last Friday night's close. The turnover was $40.017 billion.Real estate assets usher in the value "anchor". The pricing mechanism of public offering REITs needs to be improved, the pricing logic of public offering REITs continues to improve, and real estate assets usher in the value "anchor". In recent years, the public offering REITs market has developed rapidly, and its pricing logic has gradually matured, providing a transparent market-oriented pricing platform for infrastructure assets to enter the capital market-not only setting a benchmark for real estate transactions and valuation in the primary market, but also enhancing the pricing discovery function of assets through the circulation in the secondary market. Insiders suggest that in order to really play the role of public offering REITs as the "anchor" of real estate market price, it is necessary to improve the market mechanism in many aspects, including optimizing pricing rules, strengthening information disclosure and promoting investor education. (SSE)Congressional Budget Office (CBO): In October and November 2024 (that is, the first two months of fiscal year 2025), it is estimated that the federal budget deficit will total $622 billion. This amount is $242 billion more than the deficit in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

Raw sugar futures fell more than 1.5%, while new york cocoa futures rose more than 3.5% and continued to hit a record high. In late new york on Monday (December 9), ICE raw sugar futures fell 1.56% and ICE white sugar futures fell 1.21%. Coffee "C" futures 0.94%. Robusta coffee futures rose 1.39%. New york cocoa futures rose 3.52% to $10,200/ton, reaching $10,454 at 21:44 Beijing time, continuing to hit a record high. London cocoa futures rose 2.17% to 8061, and also rose to 8306 at 21:45, a record high. ICE cotton futures fell 0.23%.Three witnesses said that the explosion in Damascus, Syria, occurred in Barzeh near the government center, which was related to the production of chemical weapons.Representatives of entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province: The mainland economy has shown great resilience and vitality. On December 9, 2024, the annual meeting of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit was held in Xiamen, Fujian. The theme of the annual meeting of the summit is "Building a new era industrial chain between the two sides of the strait to promote cross-strait economic integration and development", including the opening ceremony, keynote speech, special forums of various industrial cooperation promotion groups of the summit and the summary of the annual meeting. More than 700 business people from both sides of the strait attended the meeting. Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, met with Taiwan Province entrepreneurs attending the 2024 Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit in Xiamen, Fujian. Representatives of entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province said that the mainland economy has shown strong resilience and vitality, and the prospects for developing new quality productive forces are bright. (CCTV)

UNH.N responded that the suspect in the case that the CEO of insurance business was shot was arrested: the company will continue to cooperate with the investigation of law enforcement agencies. I hope the latest development can comfort the families of the deceased.Mark Long will convene representatives of most political parties to hold consultations on the candidate for prime minister on the 10th. On December 9th, local time, the Elysee Palace announced that French President Mark Long would invite representatives of all political parties except the far-left party "Unyielding France" and the far-right National Union to hold consultations on the candidate for prime minister at the Elysee Palace at 14: 00 on December 10th, and try his best to find a way to reach an agreement so as to form a government in the interests of all.Make a good investment and actively plan and reserve major projects. As a "ballast stone" to stabilize economic growth and a "strong engine" to promote high-quality economic development, the construction of major projects plays a vital role in the economic development of various places. The reporter noted that near the end of the year, many places continued to exert their efforts in the construction of major projects, both to accelerate the construction and to actively plan reserve projects for next year. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from January to October this year, the investment in projects with a planned total investment of 100 million yuan or more increased by 7.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.7 percentage points higher than the total investment; It has boosted the total investment by 3.8 percentage points, showing that the investment in large projects plays an obvious supporting role. While the construction of major local projects has been accelerated, some places have started planning and preparation in advance to make a good investment in 2025. (Securities Daily)