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Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.It is reported that NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, and it is expected to add 1,000 employees this year. According to people familiar with the matter, NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China this year to enhance its research ability and focus on new autonomous driving technology. According to sources, the company is expected to have about 4,000 employees in China by the end of this year, compared with about 3,000 at the beginning of this year. As a key part of the expansion, NVIDIA added about 200 employees in Beijing to strengthen a research team engaged in autonomous driving research. One person familiar with the matter said that the company has also expanded its after-sales service and network software development team.Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 1% to 112,128.50.

Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the United States in January at a premium of $4.10 per barrel.The Sharm el-Liberation Organization said that Syria will form a government led by technocrats, and Abu Mohammad Giulani, leader of the Syrian armed group "Liberation Syria" (also translated as "Sharm el-Liberation Organization"), said in a statement on December 11th that the organization will cooperate with international organizations to ensure the safety of the sites where chemical weapons may be stored. He also said that the security forces during the Assad regime will be demobilized. Giulani also said that he will form a technocratic government, and the current transitional government will be in power until March 2025. (CCTV News)The main fuel contract rose by 4.00% in the day and is now reported at 3188.00 yuan/ton.

The opposition party in South Korea said that Yin Xiyue was insane. On the morning of December 12, local time, South Korean President Yin Xiyue made another televised speech, refused to step down early, and denied that martial law was a crime of civil strife. After Yin Xiyue's speech, public opinion in South Korea immediately criticized him. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said that Yin Xiyue was mentally ill and called on the South Korean National Assembly to pass the impeachment case. After Yin Xiyue's speech, Han Dongxun, the representative of the ruling party in South Korea, also said that Yin Xiyue's speech had no introspection and was rationalizing his behavior. Some commentators pointed out that Yin Xiyue may have expected that he could not prevent the National Assembly from passing the impeachment case and was trying to influence the final ruling of the Constitutional Court. I am afraid that the chaos in Korean politics will continue.Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 strategy meeting next week. Yonhap News Agency quoted unnamed industry sources as saying that Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 global strategy meeting next week. The electronic products business meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the semiconductor department meeting will be held on Thursday. The main agenda items include the upcoming Galaxy S25 smartphone. Lee Jae-yong, the company's executive chairman, is not expected to attend these meetings.Market news: Britain is considering the largest auction of renewable energy subsidies in history.