China's Ministry of Finance said national general public budget revenue for January–August was CNY15.6633 trillion, up 5.7% YoY.

German Chancellor MERZ said on Thursday the post‑World War II era of an 'unconditional' transatlantic friendship between the United States and Europe 'may be over', at least for the foreseeable future. He pointed to a change in US political attitudes and a new reassessment of the transatlantic alliance that until recently would have been hard to imagine. MERZ has previously been critical of the Trump administration; his remarks echo former chancellor Angela Merkel's 2017 comment that the reliable postwar international order had 'to some extent ended'.

財政部：1—8月，房產稅3521億元，同比增長6.5%。