CITIC Securities: As the Spring Festival approaches, consumption is expected to usher in a new round of rebound and repair. CITIC Securities Research Report said that the Politburo meeting held on December 9, 2024 once again made it clear that expanding domestic demand is the key policy direction for the coming year, "expanding domestic demand in all directions" and "vigorously boosting consumption", expressing positive and igniting market expectations. After experiencing a rapid rebound in September, the consumer sector generally pulled back in October-November because the short-term consumption data has not yet reflected the effectiveness of the policy and the policy strength in the coming year is unclear. We believe that as the Spring Festival approaches, the top-down emphasis on domestic demand and policy expectations are heating up, and consumption is expected to usher in a new round of rebound and repair. On the policy side, in addition to the "trade-in policy", we believe that there is still a package of consumption promotion toolboxes available, such as subsidies for first-time car buyers, maternity subsidies, and the issuance of state-subsidized catering and tourism coupons. We suggest that the consumption allocation should be progressive from both offensive and defensive to flexible varieties, with both offensive and defensive features: consumer Internet, dairy products with low valuation and high return, mass catering, etc., and flexibility: catering supply chain, alcohol, human resources services, hotels, etc., with obvious pro-cyclical characteristics, considering the consumption allocation demand driven by expectations first.Aston Martin will start producing its first plug-in hybrid supercar next year.Retailer Party City is considering the second bankruptcy after a little over a year.
Facewall Intelligence has received a new round of financing of several hundred million yuan. Recently, Facewall Intelligence has completed a new round of financing of several hundred million yuan. This round of financing was jointly led by Loongson Venture Capital, Dinghui Baifu, Zhongguancun Science City Fund and Safran Investment Fund, and Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund and Zero2IPO followed suit.The central parity of RMB against the US dollar was reported at 7.1843 yuan.Wei Shaojun, China Semiconductor Industry Association: The domestic chip design industry has returned to the double-digit high-speed development track. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024, Wei Shaojun, chairman of the IC Design Branch of China Semiconductor Industry Association, said that it is estimated that the domestic chip design industry sales in 2024 will be 646.04 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9% compared with 2023, returning to the double-digit high-speed development track, and the proportion of the global IC product market will be basically the same as last year. In terms of the distribution of industrial cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing continue to occupy the top three cities in the scale of design industry this year. Among them, the scale of chip design industry in Shanghai has reached 179.5 billion yuan, which is further widened compared with that in Shenzhen. The scale of design industry in Wuxi has reached 67.82 billion yuan, surpassing Hangzhou and ranking fourth. In 2024, the number of chip design enterprises with sales exceeding 100 million reached 737.
Argentine President Millay: It is planned to cancel capital controls next year. Argentine President Millay said in a televised speech on December 10 local time that Argentina plans to cancel capital controls next year. Millay said that Argentina's economic team is preparing to carry out structural tax reform, which will abolish 90% of taxes, and the Argentine government will ban more institutions and listed companies in the new year. Demián Reidel, economic adviser to Milai, will announce Argentina's nuclear energy plan in the next few days.50 Hong Kong stocks were repurchased by the company yesterday, with Tencent Holdings, Guangzhou Automobile Group and AIA having the largest amount of repurchase. On December 10th, a total of 50 Hong Kong stocks were repurchased by the company, and the amount of repurchase of 8 stocks exceeded HK$ 10 million. Among them, Tencent Holdings, Guangzhou Automobile Group and AIA have the largest repurchase amounts, with the repurchase amounts of HK$ 703 million, HK$ 64,988,500 and HK$ 62,310,000 respectively.The yield of Australian 10-year government bonds continued to rise, rising by 5 basis points to 4.19%.