The State Council Information Office will hold a press briefing at 3:00 p.m. Beijing time on Oct. 19, 2026. MOFCOM assistant minister Yuan Xiaoming and officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will outline measures to accelerate tech-driven commerce and answer questions.

MSCI said Indonesia no longer meets Emerging Markets eligibility and proposed removing the country from its widely followed suite of indices, a change that could prompt sizable portfolio outflows. Angus Mackintosh, ASEAN markets specialist at Alethia Capital, called the move overly severe given steps Indonesia has taken to address market transparency and free-float, saying MSCI’s case rests on insufficient evidence those reforms are implemented and on a failure to sanction participants in apparent price manipulation. Mackintosh added Indonesia can only reverse the decision by imposing strict sanctions and fines on those involved in collusive manipulation, and that grouping Indonesia with markets such as Lebanon, Palestine and Argentina misrepresents the operating condition of most listed companies.

美國至10月10日當週初請失業金人數 19.9萬人，預期20萬人，前值由19.7萬人修正爲19.8萬人。