German Chancellor MERZ in Tokyo said Japan and Germany hope to explore the possibility of jointly developing a fighter jet.

The PBOC’s Q3 2026 loan allocation report showed outstanding RMB real estate loans of 50.08 tln yuan at end-Q3, down 5.2% YoY and down 1.9 tln yuan Jan–Sep. Outstanding real estate development loans were 12.37 tln yuan, down 9.1% YoY and down 817.9 bln yuan Jan–Sep. Outstanding personal housing loans stood at 35.91 tln yuan, down 4.1% YoY and down 1.10 tln yuan Jan–Sep.

BNP Paribas said last quarter European clients moved off the sidelines and traded more actively, helping corporate and investment banking revenue surge and underpin a better-than-expected quarterly result reported Wednesday. Equity trading revenue jumped about 50%, and the bank said ongoing investment in those businesses is paying off. BNP Paribas has also benefited from a strong prime-brokerage franchise after taking on many hedge-fund clients from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in prior years, and robust advisory activity (including in Europe) helped global banking revenue rise 8.4%. The bank’s COO and head of corporate & institutional banking said recent work to deepen and improve the client base has increased diversification across clients, services and geographies, supporting performance across market conditions.