President Trump said oil prices will fall sharply; although some prices remain elevated, oil has already begun to retreat.

Ireland's Finance Ministry plans an €8.5 bln package for the 2027 budget, down from €9.4 bln a year earlier.

China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said 1H2026 property data show policy measures are taking effect and the market has shifted from an incremental new-build era to a stock era. Resale homes accounted for 50.4% of total transactions in 1H; in 18 provinces and municipalities including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangdong resale residential transaction area exceeded newly built commodity housing. The ministry said transaction structure and scale are changing, with rising resale volumes and lower new-home volumes becoming the norm; property-driven investment will shift toward urban renewal and developers will diversify from single-site development into contracting, rental and operations.