European natural gas futures fell by more than 11% this week, and the EU carbon tax fell by about 6%. At the end of the European market on Friday (December 13th), ICE UK natural gas futures fell by 3.41% to 102.560p/kcal, with a cumulative decline of 11.49% this week. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.57% to 41.030 Euro/MWh, down 11.67% this week. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.80% to 64.25 euros/ton, down 5.94% this week.American natural gas futures fell more than 5% and are now reported at $3.277 per million British heat.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.
Market News: Belarusian President Lukashenko approved the budget of Belarus in 2025.How to do economic work next year? Understand the ten important formulations of the Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. The meeting analyzed the current economic situation and deployed economic work in 2025. Formulation 1: "Continuously deepen the understanding of the regularity of economic work". Formulation 2: "Maintain steady economic growth". Formulation 3: "More active fiscal policy". Formulation 4: "Moderately loose monetary policy". Formulation 5: "Expand domestic demand in all directions". Formulation 6: "Comprehensively rectify the' involution' competition". Formulation 7: "Deepen the comprehensive reform of investment and financing in the capital market". Formulation 8: "Continue to push the real estate market to stop falling and stabilize". Formulation 9: "Coordinated promotion of policy implementation and expected guidance". Formulation 10: "Stimulate the endogenous motivation of the entrepreneurs". (Xinhua News Agency)Polish central bank governor: I think there is no reason to change interest rates.
Market News: Belarusian President Lukashenko approved the budget of Belarus in 2025.US Secretary of State Blinken visited Baghdad to discuss the Syrian issue with Iraqi Prime Minister. On December 13th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken visited the Iraqi capital Baghdad and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani on the Syrian issue. The State Council has not announced the itinerary of Blinken's visit before.Dennis Shen, an economist at Scope Ratings: The reasons for the Fed to cut interest rates further after December are obviously reduced. Inflation is still sticky, the economic and financial markets are overheated, and the slight increase in unemployment rate earlier this year has been reversed. The Trump administration may bring more inflation risks in the short term.