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TREE NEWS reports: The US dollar rose to touch 158 against the Japanese yen, gaining 1.33% intraday. The move marks a further extension of the greenback’s advance versus the yen.

TREE NEWS reports: The US dollar climbed past 158.0 against the Japanese yen, last quoted at 158.002, a 1.5% gain over 24 hours. The move marks a further extension of dollar strength versus the yen.

TREE NEWS update: BlackRock Fund has been granted Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) status in China, the firm said. General Manager Yu Peihua called the approval another important milestone for BlackRock’s business in the country, adding that the firm will combine its global platform with local teams to offer Chinese investors more diversified investment choices and asset-allocation solutions.

TREE NEWS reports: Fitch Ratings said deepening capital market links between mainland China and Hong Kong should benefit Hong Kong brokerages, with the Hong Kong units of leading Chinese brokers positioned for more business. The firm cited growing offshore financing demand from Chinese companies seeking diversified funding, alongside rising cross-border wealth management demand as mainland investors increase allocations to overseas assets for higher yields.

TREE NEWS update: The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) held its Q3 2026 economic operations exchange meeting for key auto industry enterprises in Jinan, Shandong, from September 16-18, hosted by China National Heavy Duty Truck Group. CAAM Deputy Secretary-General Chen Shihua and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Party Committee member and Deputy General Manager Wang Jun attended, along with representatives from 23 major vehicle and parts enterprises including SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng, Changan, BAIC and GAC.

TREE NEWS update: China’s State Council forwarded a notice from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and nine other departments on measures to boost motorhome consumption, easing registration, scrappage and driver-training rules. Small and micro non-commercial self-propelled motorhomes will follow passenger-car rules with no mandatory scrappage age; leased self-propelled motorhomes get a longer service life of 25 years from 15, and caravan trailers 20 years from 15.

TREE NEWS update: China’s goods imports rose 22% in the first eight months of 2025, the fastest pace since 2021, Assistant Commerce Minister Zhang Li said at a State Council Information Office briefing on September 18. Zhang said full-year import value is expected to set another record, as more global goods enter the Chinese consumer market and its industrial and supply chains.

TREE NEWS update: China’s State Council forwarded a joint notice from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other departments on measures to boost recreational vehicle consumption. The notice directs regions with suitable conditions to integrate cultural and tourism resources and develop distinctive RV travel routes, encourages travel companies to bundle RV sales, rentals and trip planning into customized products, and calls for scenic self-drive highways with parking and viewing areas designed to accommodate RVs.

TREE NEWS reports: China attracted 479.95 billion yuan in actual foreign direct investment in the first eight months of 2026, down 5.3% year-on-year, the Ministry of Commerce said. The number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises rose 0.3% over the same period to 42,582.

TREE NEWS reports: Eurozone construction output fell 2% year-on-year in July on a working-day-adjusted basis, following a revised 0.7% decline in June. The data points to continued weakness in the bloc’s construction sector.

TREE NEWS update: Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ryosei Akazawa, will be hospitalized from September 24 to 26 to undergo a minor preventive surgery, the minister said. No further details on the procedure or any temporary handover of duties were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Spot silver gained 3.0% on the day to trade at $67.17 an ounce, while New York silver rose 2.5% to $67.76 an ounce. The move marks a sharp intraday advance for the metal.

TREE NEWS update: The Guangzhou Futures Exchange will raise the minimum opening order size for lithium carbonate futures to 2 lots and cut trading fees to 0.008% of transaction value, effective from the trading session starting September 22, 2026. The change applies to the LC2610 through LC2709 contracts, while the minimum closing order size stays at 1 lot and intraday same-day closing fees are also set at 0.008%.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai Xinhua Media announced it plans to acquire 100% of Shanghai Jiemian Cailianshe Technology Co. through a share issuance, a deal expected to constitute a major asset restructuring and a related-party transaction. The company’s shares will resume trading on September 21, 2026.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s Ministry of Finance reported that revenue from state-owned land-use rights sales fell 28.6% year on year to 1.3753 trillion yuan in the first eight months of the year. Local government fund budget revenue at the same level dropped 22.9% to 1.8127 trillion yuan, while central government fund revenue rose 12.2% to 329.2 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s securities transaction stamp tax reached 216 billion yuan in the first eight months of 2025, up 82% year on year, the Ministry of Finance said. General public budget revenue for the period totaled 15.66 trillion yuan, up 5.7%, while general public budget expenditure rose 1.2% to 18.15 trillion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujcic said eurozone economic growth could slow in the autumn if inflation stays elevated and weighs on household incomes and consumer behaviour, which would also dampen GDP. He said rate-path pricing is driven mainly by energy prices, but the ECB looks at broader data rather than energy alone. Vujcic said the ECB’s tightening pace so far is “for now” worth maintaining.

TREE NEWS update: Huaxi Nonferrous announced its shares will resume trading on September 21, 2026, after parties signed a cooperation framework agreement on September 18 under which China Minmetals would acquire a 51% stake in Guangxi Key Metals Group and take actual control of the group. The previously disclosed major cooperation had raised the possibility of a change in control of the listed company.

TREE NEWS update: China’s imports rose 22% in the first eight months of the year, the fastest pace since 2021, Assistant Minister of Commerce Zhang Li said on September 18 at a State Council Information Office press briefing. Full-year import value is expected to set a new record, Zhang said.

TREE NEWS update: China’s foreign trade reached 34.8 trillion yuan in the first eight months of 2025, up 17.6% year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said at a Sept. 18 briefing on the 140th Canton Fair. Exports rose 14.6% while imports climbed 22%, with import growth clearly outpacing exports. Yang Tao, head of the ministry’s foreign trade department, said the next step is to actively expand imports of high-quality products and promote balanced import-export development.