1. US Treasury yields hit multi-month highs.
2. The People's Bank of China (PBOC): Total social financing in the first four months of 2026 reached 15.45 trillion yuan, 893 billion yuan less than the same period last year.
3. The PBOC: At the end of April, broad money supply (M2) balance was 353.04 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%.
4. Milan formally submitted his resignation, again calling current interest rates too high.
5. Federal Reserve Governor Barr: The goal of balance sheet reduction is wrong and may allow the Fed to interfere more in the market.
6. Burnham prepares to challenge Starmer, causing UK government bond yields to rise.
7. The yield on Japanese 10-year government bonds reached its highest level in approximately 29 years.
8. Shenzhen plans to issue 838 million yuan of 10-year "special" new special-purpose bonds on May 21.
9. The China Development Bank successfully issued 10 billion yuan of 3-year green financial bonds with an interest rate of 1.35%. 10. WuXi AppTec plans to issue US$6.78 billion in zero-coupon convertible bonds.
11. Hubei Province launches a concentrated campaign to rectify four areas, including illegally increasing local government hidden debt and statistical fraud.
