Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Chinese banks conducted cumulative foreign exchange settlement of 143,111 billion yuan (20.834 billion USD) and foreign exchange sales of 119,848 billion yuan (17.455 billion USD) during the first eight months of 2026. In August alone, bank

According to BIT (bit.com) market data, crypto-linked U.S. stocks fell sharply in premarket trading on September 15. MSTR dropped 4.59%, CRCL fell 5.59%, COIN declined 4.72%, BMNR lost 4.63%, SBET fell 4.14%, HOOD dropped 2.75%, and PURR declined 3.15%.

On September 15 at 4:30 PM, onshore yuan (CNY) closed at 6.7134 against the U.S. dollar, down 63 basis points from the previous trading day.

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on the 15th that the unemployment rate for May-July stood at 4.9%, slightly below the market forecast of 5.0%. The figure remained unchanged from the previous quarter but rose 0.2 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The

According to Jin10, citing commodity strategist Jeff Currie, U.S. gasoline prices face an extremely high risk of reaching $5 per gallon before the midterm elections on November 3, 2026. The shortage, initially confined to refined products, has now spread upstream to crude oil, entering a dangerous n

The yield spread between French and German 10-year government bonds widened by 2 basis points to 98.15 basis points on September 15, reaching its highest level since 2012. The expansion reflects ongoing divergence in borrowing costs between the two eurozone

According to Farside Investors, spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs attracted a combined $281 million in net inflows on Monday, September 14, ending a sustained outflow period. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $159.9 million, halting a four-session redemption streak that had removed $462.7 million between September

Germany's 30-year government bond yield rose 5 basis points to 3.9168% on September 15, reaching its highest level since April 2011.

According to Jin10 on September 15, Morgan Stanley joined the hawkish camp, forecasting the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points each in September and December. Mizuho Securities noted that the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is unlikely to rise further, while Commerzbank

French 10-year government bond yields rose 5 basis points to 4.5531% on September 15, marking the highest level since September 2008. The increase reflects broader market movements in eurozone debt markets, with yields at their peak in nearly 18

WTI crude oil futures rose $2.00 per barrel today (September 15), closing at $103.89/barrel, a gain of 1.96%.

German 10-year Bund yields rose 4 basis points to 3.5723% today, marking the highest level since June 2009. The increase reflects broader eurozone bond yields moving higher across the curve.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk declined to rule out merging Tesla and SpaceX at the All-In Summit, calling the question of why the companies remain separate a 'great question' and pointing to their 'close collaboration' across multiple areas. Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX (SPCX) stocks edged 0.2% and 0.1% higher

At the All-In Summit on Monday, Elon Musk declined to rule out merging Tesla and SpaceX, saying "who can imagine what action one might take" amid their "close collaboration" across multiple areas. Tesla shares rose 0.2% and SpaceX shares gained 0.1% in overnight trading following the remarks,

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Chan-jin will hold a breakfast meeting with major financial holding company chairmen on the 23rd. The meeting comes immediately after Lee publicly criticized CEO succession procedures at financial holding companies, stating that most

Spot silver fell 1.0% intraday to $62.56 per ounce. Spot gold dropped $11.51 in 5 minutes to $4,269.11 per ounce.

USD/JPY broke through 155 intraday on September 15, up 0.44% for the day.

Spot gold broke below $4,270 per ounce intraday today (September 15), declining 0.68%. Spot silver fell over 1%, trading at $62.58 per ounce.

According to analyst Jukan at Citrini, on September 15, YMTC (Yangtze Memory Technologies) has begun integrating production equipment into its third fab in Wuhan (Fab 3), marking the final pre-production stage with initial operations expected to launch by year-end 2026. Upon full capacity, Fab 3

According to Jin10 Futures, on September 15 at 16:00, China's CFETS-NEX funding sentiment index fell to 50, down 1 point from 14:30. Large banks reported 49, mid-sized banks 51, and non-bank institutions 49, all declining 1 point. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with 50 indicating equilibrium and re