ExxonMobil executive Andrew Barry, chairman of LNG market development, said at an industry event in Bangkok on Tuesday that current Middle East LNG supply disruptions are essentially short-term and that historically the region has provided reliable and incremental supply in crises, leaving its long-term importance unchanged.

AllianceBernstein fixed-income senior investment strategist Thierry Taglione said calls to slow AI development are unlikely to stop large tech firms from pursuing financing and capex. Speaking on financing by hyperscale cloud providers and data center operators, he called them long-term funding plans — "we're talking about 10 years and beyond" — and said recent headlines will not derail investment. The remarks follow OpenAI's call to slow development of its most advanced models over safety concerns; the sector has seen valuation pullbacks and rising investor concern over credit risk and whether AI infrastructure capex will deliver adequate returns.

PBOC said it set the 7-day reverse repo amount at zero on Sept 15, 2026, based on primary dealers' demand, and conducted 597 billion yuan of overnight reverse repos.