白宫经济政策记者爆料，自沃什担任美联储主席以来，特朗普已多次与他通电话，保持着总统与央行行长之间鲜有的沟通渠道。 “美联储传声筒”Nick Timiraos在这条爆料下回复道：“总统给沃什打电话的节奏时快时慢——有时几天之内打好几次，然后又会长时间不联系。特朗普就一系列问题向沃什征求意见，包括伊朗战争和人工智能的快速崛起对经济的影响。” 此前美国财长贝森特点名Nick称，沃什执掌美联储期间的一大看点，就是看着那些伪装成记者的速记员，比如《华尔街日报》的 Nick Timiraos（此前被称为“美联储传声筒”），沦落到只能报道美联储的幕后八卦，因为他们若没人喂料，就做不出真正的经济或货币政策分析。

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with multiple departments, will soon publish the '15th Five-Year Plan to Promote Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development.' MIIT said at a January state press briefing it will continue to optimize the business environment, accelerate mechanisms to scale specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative SMEs, and improve a tiered cultivation system for SME industry clusters. Experts told China Securities Journal SMEs are a key source of economic dynamism, underpin employment, stabilize industrial chains and support new productive forces. The forthcoming plan is expected to focus on promoting specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative SMEs, optimizing the SME operating environment, establishing a tiered system to cultivate high-quality SMEs, and introducing policies to help such firms grow and achieve higher-quality development.

S&P Global final France services PMI rose to 49.6 in July from 46.8 in June, signalling a smaller contraction as domestic demand strengthened for the first time since November. S&P said sales to overseas clients fell markedly for a 12th consecutive month. The final July composite PMI (services plus manufacturing) climbed to 49.4 from 47.2.