Wind data show the PBOC has 272 billion yuan of 7‑day reverse repos maturing this week (Sept 21–24). Experts say the central bank’s liquidity injections are becoming more flexible and targeted and are ample to offset major shocks; funding should remain stable across the month and quarter and market rates are likely to stay steady. Liu Yu, chief economist at Industrial Securities, expects the PBOC to continue a flexible mix of 7‑day, 14‑day and overnight reverse repos to smooth cross‑quarter and

Macron said France supports closer alignment between Canada and the EU and backs Canada becoming an EU "associate member." Speaking in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Carney, he said the two countries will deepen cooperation on fisheries, security and energy.

The Japanese government will work with major machinery manufacturers to collect machine-learning data for physical AI applications such as autonomous robots, assigning unique IDs to factory equipment to enable cross-vendor data aggregation, Nikkei reports. Japan targets a domestic AI-robotics industry worth 20 trillion yen by 2040 (about $127 billion) and aims to secure over 30% of the global market, leveraging its manufacturing base to supply high-quality training data for domestic robot development.