The Central Bank of Paraguay expects interest rates to reach neutral levels in 2024.

Brent crude oil fell more than 1.00% during the day and is currently trading at $78.43 per barrel.

US Geological Survey: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Mercedes-Benz has applied to recall 79,676 vehicles in the United States, and Ford Motor Company has applied to recall 17,970 vehicles in the United States.

Central Bank of Guinea: Oil depot explosion in Guinea harms economic growth.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake occurred on Sakhalin Island.

Thailand’s fiscal revenue so far this year has reached 408.31 billion baht.

Thailand’s budget deficit so far this year is 277.69 billion baht, and total expenditure is 681.2 billion baht, a year-on-year decrease of 10.4%.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in eastern Türkiye.

The euro against the U.S. dollar EUR/USD and the pound against the U.S. dollar GBP/USD rose 17 points in the short term and are now at 1.1137 and 1.2807 respectively.

The U.S. dollar index DXY fell 13 points in the short term and is now at 100.63.

The USD/CHF intraday decline expanded to 0.8%, at 0.8366.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred on Sakhalin Island.

Shell (SHEL.N): The Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility in Australia has completed major modifications and LNG cargo shipments have resumed.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred on Sakhalin Island.

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will visit Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada and Germany starting from January 5.

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia: But we will start lowering the main interest rate in 2024.

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia: We need to keep key interest rates high for a long time.