Japan bought foreign equities worth ¥1.3913 tln in the week to Aug. 14; the prior week's figure was revised down from ¥963.5 bln to ¥927.4 bln.

As of end-June, Nanjing Bank's nonperforming loan ratio fell 0.01 ppt from end-2025 to 0.82%; provision coverage declined 7.51 ppt to 306.11%. 1H credit impairment losses increased 34.77% YoY. Independent director Qiang Ying told the 2026 interim briefing the YoY rise mainly reflected the bank’s decision to step up risk disposal and clean-up. The bank said it will continue a long-term, prudent, high-quality strategy to maintain an adequate risk buffer and moderate profitability; Qiang said she will take an active role in governance to oversee compliance, conflict-of-interest issues and protection of minority shareholders.

據媒體援引知情人士報道，OpenAI的年化收入運行率在7月超過400億美元，Anthropic則由5月的470億美元升至650億美元，兩者合計約1050億美元。按圖表估算，合計規模同比增長約490%，7月環比和同比增速均較6月回升。