1. The Japanese Cabinet approved a record initial budget of 122.3 trillion yen for fiscal year 2026.
2. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama: Japan will not rely on easily issuing Japanese government bonds.
3. Thai Ministry of Commerce: The Thai baht should maintain competitiveness and stability.
4. Syrian Central Bank Governor: January 1st is the launch date for currency swaps, part of a plan to issue new banknotes.
5. The Central Bank of Egypt implemented its fifth interest rate cut this year, with unexpectedly slowing inflation opening up policy space.
6. The Central Bank of Russia announced its foreign exchange intervention plan for the first half of 2026, stating that in addition to separate interventions on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, it will sell 4.62 billion rubles worth of foreign exchange daily.
