Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported September petroleum product prices rose over 50% YoY, affected by the Middle East conflict.

Oct 19 — CSRC chairman Wu Qing said at the 2026 Financial Street Forum opening the regulator supports accelerating implementation of capital-markets fintech pilot projects in Haidian and other Beijing districts, and would promote founding a Beijing Capital Markets Society to concentrate factors, institutions and talent and raise Beijing’s capital market development capacity to better serve the capital’s high-quality economic development.

PBOC Deputy Governor and State Administration of Foreign Exchange head Zhu Hexin said at the 2026 Financial Street Forum opening that SAFE will continue to strengthen cross-border capital‑flow monitoring and early‑warning and macroprudential management, crack down on illegal cross‑border financial activity, maintain orderly foreign‑exchange market functioning, and safeguard the safety, liquidity and value preservation/appreciation of FX reserve assets.