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The director of the Federal Aviation Administration will step down early on January 20th. On December 12th, local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said that the director of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, will step down after President-elect Trump took office on January 20th. It is reported that Whitaker was confirmed for a five-year term in October 2023. In addition, Katie Thomson, deputy director of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, will step down on January 10th, and Mark House, assistant director of finance and management of the agency, will be the senior acting official of the agency during the transition period.US National Security Adviser Sullivan: When I met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I felt that he was ready to reach an agreement.Israeli Army Attacks Prime Minister Li in Southern Lebanon: A flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement. On the 12th, local time, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Mikati issued a statement on Israel's attack on Shyam town, an important town in southern Lebanon. He said that less than 24 hours after the army began to deploy in Shyam and Magayoun to implement the ceasefire decision, Israel attacked Shyam town again, causing casualties. Mikati called the attack a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement and a violation of the commitments made by the United States and France as mediators. He called on these countries to clarify their positions on this incident and take immediate measures to curb Israel's aggression. Mikati said that the continuous violation of the ceasefire agreement is the responsibility of the monitoring committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire, and they must resolutely solve this problem and prevent such incidents from happening again. On the same day, Israeli drones attacked the town of Shyam, an important town in southern Lebanon. (CCTV News)

Luo Zhiheng, chief economist of Yuekai Securities: Improving deficit ratio's firm determination to release the central government to stabilize the economy is conducive to stabilizing expectations. The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to implement a more active fiscal policy. Improve the fiscal deficit ratio, and ensure that the fiscal policy will continue to exert more efforts. Luo Zhiheng, chief economist of Yuekai Securities, said that the fiscal policy continued the general tone of "positive", which reflected the stability and continuity of the policy, but emphasized "more positive", which was mainly reflected in the increase of deficit ratio and the scale of special bonds and ultra-long-term special government bonds. It is expected that the scale of fiscal expenditure will be significantly increased and the growth rate of fiscal expenditure will be increased next year. The generalized deficit ratio probability in 2025 is higher than that in 2024. In his view, the narrow sense of deficit ratio has a high probability of exceeding 3%, and the improvement of deficit ratio has special significance, which can achieve triple effects. First, the increase in deficit ratio means a further increase in the deficit scale, which is conducive to expanding expenditure, strengthening the ability of fiscal countercyclical adjustment, better preventing risks, benefiting people's livelihood and stabilizing growth. Second, deficit ratio is different from other financial instruments, and the public pays great attention to deficit ratio and its changes. Therefore, fiscal policy should use limited "bullets" to stabilize expectations, and the same fiscal stimulus scale should be reflected in deficit ratio as much as possible. Deficit ratio can better convey policy intentions and has strong policy signal significance; Improving deficit ratio's firm determination to release the central government to stabilize the economy is conducive to stabilizing expectations. Third, the high probability of deficit is still dominated by central government bonds. The form of transfer payment can better ensure the stability of grassroots financial resources and increase the disposable degree of local financial resources, which is conducive to the local government's "three guarantees" work. (SSE)Deutsche Bank: MARCUS CHROMIK was appointed as Chief Risk Officer.Hangzhou real estate new regulations will be implemented tomorrow, and the housing rate will be improved. official website of Hangzhou Bureau of Planning and Resources issued the Notice of Hangzhou Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources on Optimizing the Calculation Rules of Floor Area Ratio and Related Indicators of Construction Projects. This notice shall come into force as of December 13, 2024. After the implementation of the transfer project, the transfer project that has obtained the transfer decision and the newly established reconstruction and expansion project shall be implemented in accordance with the requirements of this notice. If the previous relevant policies are inconsistent with this notice, this notice shall prevail. This means that from tomorrow, all the newly-sold homesteads in Hangzhou can enjoy the new regulations on area identification, such as the closed balcony is only half the area, and the open wind and rain corridor is not included. The biggest surprise is the first article of the new regulations, which encourages diversified parking forms to meet the minimum parking standards, such as independent parking buildings, parking spaces under the ground floor overhead platforms and multi-storey parking spaces inside buildings. For cost reasons, some developers will cancel underground parking spaces and change them into ground parking buildings, and the design of traditional residential quarters in Hangzhou will usher in great changes. As a result, the housing rate of new houses in Hangzhou will increase in the future, and developers will not only have more room to build quality supporting facilities in the community, but also greatly increase the saleable value.

British Prime Minister Stamer met with the President of the European Council for the first time to confirm his intention to strengthen cooperation. According to the announcement issued by the British Prime Minister's Office, British Prime Minister Stamer met with the President of the European Council antonio costa in Downing Street on the afternoon of December 12th local time. The British Prime Minister's Office said that this was the first meeting between the two men, and the two sides confirmed their intention to strengthen the relationship between Britain and the EU. The British Prime Minister's Office also stated that Costa invited Stamer to attend the informal meeting of EU leaders held in Brussels on February 3, 2025. Stamer was pleased to accept the invitation and looked forward to discussing with the EU how to strengthen strategic cooperation, especially in national defense.European Central Bank President Lagarde: The neutral interest rate may be slightly higher than before. European Central Bank President Lagarde said that as it gradually approaches the neutral interest rate, it will further discuss its related issues. The neutral interest rate may be slightly higher than before, and will be discussed in due course.Russian officials: The failure of sanctions against Russia to achieve geopolitical goals will cost the EU 1.5 trillion euros. On the 12th local time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko said that Russia has adapted to various sanctions and will develop relations with all countries willing to cooperate. He said that the EU is on a road of self-destruction, and any geopolitical goal cannot be achieved through sanctions. If the EU wants to refuse cooperation with Russia, this is the EU's choice, but most assessments show that this choice has caused the EU to suffer a loss of 1.5 trillion euros.