Bank of England Governor Bailey said there can be no economic growth without financial stability.

油价涨、加息预期抬头！CPI和沃什今晚前后脚登场，会不会再给金价补刀？这篇不猜方向，只给框架：CPI盯什么数、沃什听什么话、什么组合出现对金价才最有利？

United Microelectronics (UMC), Taiwan’s No.2 foundry, said its Singapore fab has begun volume production of silicon photonics wafers to meet rising hyperscaler and AI data-center demand for high-speed optical interconnects. UMC said it completed platform transfer from R&D to production readiness in 18 months with Singapore fabless SILITH Technology and plans to open a self-developed 12-inch silicon photonics platform to customers for product development by 2027. Citigroup analysts are constructive on UMC’s H2 outlook, forecasting Q2 2026 revenue to rise 13% QoQ and gross margin to recover. UMC reported June revenue up 22.85% YoY at NT$23.12 bln (about US$719 mln); H1 revenue rose 11.28% YoY.