At a July 15 State Council Information Office briefing on 1H 2026 monetary policy and financial statistics, PBOC spokesman Yan Xiandong said corporate direct financing increased markedly. Non-financial corporate bond net financing totaled 2.07 tln yuan in 1H, up 916.7 bln yuan YoY; non-financial corporate equity financing was 293.3 bln yuan, up 122.4 bln yuan YoY. Together they accounted for 11.3% of social financing growth, 5.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

美联储理事丽莎·库克将于十分钟后在美联储年度金融普惠会议上发表讲话。

President Trump wrote that oil flows are unprecedented and the Strait of Hormuz will remain open to all vessels except Iranian ones. He said the US will impose a comprehensive blockade only on ships bound to/from Iranian ports or carrying Iranian cargo. He has decided to cancel the US "20% compensation fee" requirement and replace it with trade and investment agreements between Gulf states and the United States, saying the investments will be large. He also said Iran will never acquire nuclear weapons.