New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon said New Zealand has approved a free trade agreement with India.

State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern are scheduled for the 20th. A ZDF poll on the 17th put CDU support in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern at 6%, just above the 5% threshold for parliamentary representation; falling below 5% would be "a nightmare" and could be the final straw to topple MERZ. The risk follows AfD's roughly 44% win in Saxony‑Anhalt two weeks ago, where the CDU's vote share plunged to about 17%.

9月18日，DR007收盘连降两日至1.3993%，今日盘初回升至1.4033%，继续围绕1.4%的政策利率波动，今日央行公开市场净投放1650亿元。 -------- 注：短期货币市场利率如DR007，反映的是市场资金充裕程度。除了实体经济贷款利率，股市、债市等金融市场很多交易本质上是靠“贷款”加杠杆，贷款成本就取决于短期资金利率。DR007通常被视为中国短端利率锚。DR007与央行7天逆回购利率（政策利率）之间的差距就可以看出市场是否缺钱，DR007利率高于政策利率很多，说明市场缺钱，央行可能会出手投放流动性；反之说明市场资金非常宽松。