The Central Bank of Peru lowered its benchmark interest rate from 7.00% to 6.75%.

Guyana says it will not back down in negotiations on its border dispute with Venezuela.

Haichang Ocean Park Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced: The Group recently signed a non-legally binding memorandum of cooperation with the Saudi Arabian Tourism Development Fund, and plans to cooperate in developing the Haichang Ocean Park project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in accordance with Saudi Arabia’s tourism strategy.

White House: US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the importance of strengthening the NATO alliance, including welcoming Sweden as an ally.

White House: US President Biden expressed support for recent constructive steps in relations between Greece and Turkey.

U.S. White House Economic Advisor Bernstein: People can expect U.S. inflation to continue to fall.

In the week ending December 9, foreign central banks held US$11.484 billion in US Treasury bonds, down from the previous value of -US$630 million.

Market News: Spacex received approval from the United States to conduct satellite call testing.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: There will be a vote on the Supplementary Agreement on Foreign Aid next week.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): In the week ending December 13, the size of U.S. money market funds fell to $5.89 trillion, the first outflow since October last year.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: The U.S. Senate will continue to meet next week and postpone the holiday recess in order to continue discussions on Ukraine aid and border security.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: Good progress has been made in negotiations on Ukraine aid funds.

Israeli Cabinet Minister Gantz: We have strategic and professional dialogue with the United States, and the United States is not trying to exert any pressure on us.

U.S. Department of Defense: The top U.S. generals will visit Israel together with the U.S. Secretary of Defense in the near future.

Argentina’s agricultural association CRA: met with the government on Thursday and rejected plans to increase grain tariffs. These measures will be analyzed together with technical and political groups.

Fund analysis company Lipper: In the latest week, U.S. investment-grade funds had outflows of $549 million; municipal bond funds had outflows of $524 million; high-yield funds had inflows of $758.7 million.

U.S. Senators: The Senate is expected to meet next Monday, and negotiations on the border and aid to Ukraine are still continuing.

Fund analysis company Lipper: U.S. loan fund inflows in the latest week were $82.3 million.

The Mexican peso erased losses against the dollar and was now up 0.35%.

Mexico’s central bank: In order to achieve the goal of an orderly and sustained fall in the inflation rate to 3%, the benchmark interest rate needs to be maintained at the current level for a period of time. Inflation is expected to converge towards the 3% target in the second quarter of 2025.