Large investors including M&G Plc and Ninety One Plc bought UK gilts ahead of the Oct. 28 budget, betting new Chancellor John Healey will stick to fiscal discipline. They expect gilt yields to fall if Healey shows control over spending and borrowing. Barclays UK rates strategist Moyeen Islam said a muted, no-frills budget would be the best outcome for the bond market, warning Healey should avoid creating a UK-specific narrative while global attention is on Washington, Paris and Tokyo.

日本央行行長植田和男：金融環境仍然寬鬆。

China foreign minister Wang Yi met Montenegro’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister in Podgorica on the 18th. Wang said China understands Montenegro’s EU accession efforts and hopes the country will become another Chinese partner within the EU. He described current economic and trade differences as solvable problems that should be addressed through sustained dialogue grounded in mutual respect and compromise. On the China–Central and Eastern Europe cooperation mechanism, Wang said it was created to meet regional development needs, that China has no geopolitical agenda and does not interfere in domestic affairs, and that Beijing expects mutually beneficial outcomes.