On Sept. 16, train tickets for Sept. 30 (the day before China’s National Day) went on sale, triggering a booking peak. Qunar data show platform searches for Mid-Autumn and National Day travel rose 167% MoM as of Sept. 16; National Day flight and hotel bookings this week were up 56% WoW, and bookings on popular routes over 2,000 km doubled YoY.

INSEE said on Tuesday that France’s consumer prices on an EU-harmonized basis rose 2.6% YoY in August, revised down from a 2.7% preliminary reading. The harmonized inflation rate for the euro area’s second-largest economy accelerated from 2.4% in July, the highest since May.

Washington Post: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 bln package to sell 2,000‑lb bombs to Israel. The plan would include 40,000 2,000‑lb bombs — 20,000 MK‑84 and 20,000 BLU‑117 — plus 20,000 I‑2000 penetrator warheads. If approved, it would be the largest controversial single ammunition sale in recent years. MK‑84s are among the most destructive in Western arsenals; explosions hurl metal fragments thousands of feet, can penetrate metal and thick concrete and typically leave large craters. Deliveries could take years. The administration is pressing leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve the sale.