Huatai Securities said in a research note September US core CPI was hotter than expected on a MoM basis; an unexpected rise in shelter was the main driver and other components also showed broad-based warming. The firm said the data point to potentially broader inflationary pressure, but given recent Fed officials' comments and already tighter financial conditions, it still expects the Fed to pause in October and deliver one rate hike in December.

Shandong provincial government issued implementation opinions to accelerate high-quality development of the data industry. The plan creates a provincial data-enterprise incubation pool to regularly admit and nurture firms in six categories: data resources, data technology, data services, data applications, data security and data infrastructure. A tiered cultivation program will scale growth-stage firms and support qualifying companies’ access to regulated financial services and computing-power assistance. Targets: by 2028 the province aims for >25,000 data enterprises, more than 70 listed firms and over 500 unicorns and gazelles.

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