Reuters survey: In December, the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates unchanged or cut interest rates by 100 basis points next year. All 71 economists surveyed during December 6-11 predicted that the Bank of England would keep its target interest rate unchanged at 4.75% at its meeting on December 19. Among the economists who predict the interest rate outlook until the end of 2025, about 54% (36 out of 67) expect to cut interest rates by 100 basis points by the end of next year, another 17 expect to cut interest rates by at least 125 basis points, and 14 expect to cut interest rates by at most 75 basis points.Enterprise IT Expenditure Survey: Google Cloud is expected to be the first choice for 50% of the respondents. Tae Kim, a science and technology columnist, wrote that according to a recent survey, Google Cloud has risen rapidly in the enterprise AI expenditure competition and may become the winner. According to the 2025 CIO survey released by Piper Sandler, 81 CIOs were asked about their budget priorities in different suppliers and technical fields. According to the survey, 87% of CIOs surveyed expect to increase the IT budget in 2025, which is the highest proportion of the survey since 2020. In this survey, the status of Google Cloud has risen significantly, surpassing Microsoft and OpenAI to become the "most strategic" AI supplier, with a support rate of 27%, a significant increase from 15% six months ago. Relatively speaking, Microsoft's support rate dropped from 33% to 24%. When asked which cloud company they plan to use to test or implement AI projects next year, 50% of the respondents chose Google Cloud, making it the top AI infrastructure provider. In addition, Harsh Kumar, a Piper semiconductor analyst, pointed out that these results are also beneficial to Invista, because all cloud companies are the main buyers of AI chips in NVIDIA. Kumar estimates that the entire AI chip market will have more than $500 billion in business opportunities by 2028.South Korea's National Election Commission: South Korean President Yin Xiyue's remarks undermined South Korea's electoral system.
Xinxuan Group: The sales volume of the "Xin Huo Plan" is nearly 2 billion yuan, and Xinxuan Group disclosed the sales data of the live broadcast of the "Xin Huo Plan" in Shanxi Station. Statistics show that the two live broadcasts brought a total of 3.67 million orders, helping Shanxi specialty products with sales exceeding 180 million yuan to go nationwide. It is understood that this activity is guided by the Shanxi Provincial Department of Commerce. According to the disclosure, Xinxuan Group's "Xin Huo Plan" went to the whole country to carry out a number of live broadcast activities to help farmers, with sales of nearly 2 billion yuan. In addition, Xinxuan Group has donated a total of nearly 400 million yuan to the society. (Sina Technology)Yijia released the chip-level game technology of "Fengchi Game Kernel" developed by OPPO, and Li Jie, president of China District, released the chip-level game technology of "Fengchi Game Kernel" developed by OPPO. Through the thorough reconstruction of the underlying kernel, the "Fengchi Game Kernel" can accurately balance the performance supply of the chip and the performance requirements of the game, and achieve a substantial upgrade in performance and game experience. For the underlying kernel of Android, more than 25,000 lines of original code are provided. In terms of game rendering pipeline reconstruction, it provides more than 34 thousand lines of original code. OPPO has applied for 254 patents based on the cumulative game optimization of Fengchi game kernel.The average annual salary of doctors is 690,000, and the fixed income accounts for 70%. On the afternoon of December 10th, National Health Commission held a press conference in Shenzhen around the promotion of Sanming's medical reform experience. Relevant officials in Guangdong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen introduced the local medical reform including centralized procurement, price adjustment and salary reform. In 2012, the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government fully invested in introducing the modern management mode of the University of Hong Kong and established the Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong. From the details of space design and department name, we can feel that this hospital is different from ordinary mainland hospitals, and the difference in internal system may be even greater-the average annual salary of doctors in this hospital is 690,000 yuan, which is 4.8 times that of the local social wage, of which the fixed salary accounts for 70% and the performance appraisal is 30%. Generally speaking, performance income accounts for a large part of doctors' income. The reporter interviewed two doctors in tertiary hospitals in Beijing, and their performance pay accounted for about 60-70%, which was significantly higher than the fixed salary. In a set of internal data presented by Xu Xiaoping, secretary of the Party Committee of Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong, the salary structure of three well-known 3A hospitals in Beijing, Sichuan and Zhejiang is listed, showing that the proportion of fixed income ranges from 20% to 47%. (Beijing News)
On December 11th, there were 683 sets of online signboards for new houses and 1032 sets of online signboards for second-hand houses in Beijing. According to the data of official website of Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, there were 683 sets of online signboards for new houses in Beijing on December 11th, with an area of 38,449.38 square meters, including 167 sets of online signboards for residential houses and an area of 22,638.67 square meters. There are 1032 sets of second-hand housing online signs with an area of 93,714.26 square meters, including 928 sets of residential online signs with an area of 88,314.64 square meters.Foreign media: The Italian neo-Nazi organization planned to assassinate the Prime Minister, which was foiled by the police. According to the British "Daily Telegraph" reported on the 11th, an Italian neo-Nazi organization was accused of planning to assassinate Prime Minister Giorgiya meloni and World Economic Forum President klaus schwab, and the assassination plot was foiled by the police. The report quoted local media as saying that last week, the police carried out raids in various parts of Italy, arrested 12 people suspected of participating in the far-right organization, and seized a batch of knives, military clothing and propaganda materials. The organization originally called itself "Wolf Division" and later renamed it "New Dawn Division". The police said that some suspects arrested called meloni a "fascist who persecuted fascists" and had planned to assassinate her since 2023. (Global Times)Israeli: Community alarm sounded near Gaza.