Qunar data show an advance-booking surge ahead of the Mid-Autumn/National Day holiday: hotel pre-bookings in popular cities rose about 40% YoY and bookings made a month in advance were up 21% YoY. Travelers taking leave Sept 28–30 increased 52% YoY. With a lengthened holiday window, average airfares for Sept 27–Oct 1 fell to a near three-year low; average fares on some popular routes were over 10% below last year.

Enterprise Singapore data show finished-product inventories in the week to Aug. 26 rebounded to a three-week high: onland crude stocks 39.18 mln bbl (+4.0% WoW), fuel oil 19.24 mln bbl (+4.4% WoW) and middle distillates (diesel, jet) at a two-week high. Higher stocks coincided with a 31.8% collapse in product imports and a 6.5% drop in exports; Singapore remained a net exporter. Market sources say rising expected arbitrage supply has begun to pressure spot fuel premiums, and onshore product imports were slowed as some cargoes remain in transit. Transshipments from India and similar origins are likely to stay low in coming weeks as arbitrage margins west of the Suez favour those flows. Despite unresolved Strait of Hormuz tensions, the data point to a marginal loosening in Asian product spot fundamentals as east‑west spreads reshape cargo flows.

Bank of Korea governor says the central bank will continue to closely monitor financial stability.