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TREE NEWS update: China is set to issue, or is currently issuing, government bonds and policy financial bonds. The offerings cover sovereign debt alongside policy bank paper. No issuance size, pricing or settlement date was disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS update: China is set to issue or is currently issuing local government bonds. The offering covers upcoming and ongoing issuance of municipal and provincial debt. No specific amounts, maturities or pricing were disclosed in the notice.

TREE NEWS reports: The Pentagon directed US Central Command days ago to prepare for a resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran, US officials said, without setting a strike date. Sources in the US and Israel said an attack could come before the US midterms on November 3, possibly before Israel’s election a week earlier, and would likely target Iranian energy, infrastructure and nuclear sites, coordinated with Israeli forces.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s seasonally adjusted current account surplus came in at ¥2,979.4 billion for August, well above the ¥2,157.9 billion expected and up from a revised ¥2,523.1 billion the previous month. The wider surplus reflects a larger-than-anticipated inflow of trade and investment income into the world’s third-largest economy.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan posted a trade deficit of 687.7 billion yen for August, narrower than the 715.2 billion yen shortfall economists had expected. The prior month’s reading was a deficit of 399.9 billion yen. The August gap widened from the previous month even as it came in below consensus.

TREE NEWS reports: Foreign investors bought a net ¥585.7 billion of Japanese bonds in the week to October 2, 2026, turning positive after a net sale of ¥1.3418 trillion the previous week. The swing marks a renewed appetite for Japanese fixed income after the prior week’s outflow.

TREE NEWS update: Samsung Electronics said its third-quarter operating profit rose 783% year on year to 107.4 trillion won (about $80.17 billion), beating the 106.1 trillion won analyst estimate, on booming AI-driven memory chip demand. Revenue for the July-September quarter was 195 trillion won, up 127% year on year and below the 199 trillion won consensus, marking a fourth straight record quarterly operating profit. Full results are due later this month.

TREE NEWS reports: LG Energy Solution reported third-quarter operating profit of 756.0 billion won, more than double the 365.5 billion won market estimate. Third-quarter sales came in at 9.64 trillion won, also above the 8.48 trillion won consensus. The South Korean battery maker’s results, released without a specified date, beat expectations on both profit and revenue.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong received nearly 1.41 million mainland Chinese visitors during the National Day holiday, the second-highest total on record. The figure exceeded the government’s earlier estimate by 120,000 and surpassed the 1.4 million mainland visitors recorded during the eight-day National Day holiday in 2025.

TREE NEWS update: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the economy is in strong shape but the Federal Reserve should keep an open mind, in remarks reported Wednesday. Bessent did not specify which policy path the Fed should take. The comment comes as markets weigh the central bank’s next interest-rate decision.

TREE NEWS reports: The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s health ministry reported 8,665 confirmed Ebola cases in the current outbreak as of October 7, with 4,178 deaths, a case fatality rate of 48.2%. A total of 2,259 patients have recovered and been discharged, while 890 remain hospitalized or in isolation.

TREE NEWS reports: The UK RICS three-month house price index came in at -32 in September, below the expected -30 and down from the prior reading of -28. The reading, released on the RICS survey, indicates a deepening decline in UK house prices.

TREE NEWS reports: Property showings rose across Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Guiyang during China’s National Day holiday, supported by a fiscal interest subsidy on home purchase loans. Developers rolled out holiday-specific promotions including gifts for store visits, discounts on subscriptions and early-payment discounts, and the second-hand housing market offered ample choice.

TREE NEWS update: The US Federal Communications Commission will vote on a proposal to auction 25 megahertz of “golden spectrum” to support direct-to-device (D2D) service from satellites to smartphones. The FCC also said it will vote on October 29 on whether to seek public comment on opening an additional 482 MHz of spectrum for supplemental coverage from space and modernizing its rules for D2D services in licensed spectrum. The proposals could benefit SpaceX and Amazon, which are expanding D2D services via satellite networks.

TREE NEWS reports: Samsung Electronics reported third-quarter operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, below the 108.67 trillion won analysts had expected. Third-quarter sales came in at 195 trillion won, also short of the 201.9 trillion won consensus estimate.

TREE NEWS reports: Analysts expect A-shares to stage a repair rally after the holiday and see a high probability that the market will show a “first repair, then divergence” path, with October performance likely to warm up. As the rally deepens, capital is expected to shift from oversold-repair trades to earnings verification, making third-quarter reports a key variable for October’s market structure.

TREE NEWS reports: Twenty new funds launched on Oct. 8, the first trading day after China’s National Day holiday, opening a seasonal peak in October issuance. Wind data show 96 new funds are scheduled for the month, led by equity products spanning tech growth, dividend value and three-month-holding Beijing Stock Exchange themes. Third-quarter fund launches totaled 513, up slightly quarter-on-quarter, while total units raised narrowed and issuance concentrated among top players.

TREE NEWS update: Japan reports its August trade balance at 07:50 Beijing time and the Bank of Japan releases its regional economic report at 13:00, while TSMC publishes September revenue at 13:30. The ECB issues minutes of its September 9-10 monetary policy meeting at 19:30, and US initial jobless claims for the week of October 3 are due at 20:30. Fed Governor Waller, BoE Governor Bailey and ECB chief economist Lane are among scheduled speakers.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese public fund managers said they are optimistic about the fourth quarter, arguing that A-share corporate earnings are in an upcycle that is likely to continue and that high-prosperity sub-sectors should hold up. Crowding has eased after third-quarter volatility, they said, with technology and especially AI-related names flagged for monitoring.

TREE NEWS reports: Several leading Chinese equity private funds said they are not pessimistic on A-share trading in the fourth quarter, citing limited systemic risk from under-allocation of assets, marginal improvement in some high-frequency economic data and no obvious valuation drag. The funds expect the market to largely trade in a range-bound recovery with structural opportunities, as incremental capital and sentiment have yet to recover.