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India’s private-sector purchasing managers’ index climbed in October to its highest level in four months, signalling stronger output and new orders even as cost pressures and external risks persist.
The UK government has confirmed a higher tax credit for visual effects in film and high end television, a move the BFI and VFX houses say will keep major Hollywood productions and post production work in Britain and strengthen the country’s special effects pipeline.
Aolani and YCO Cloud announced plans to build a large Nvidia Blackwell GPU cluster in the Philippines, aiming to deliver sovereign AI compute for government, enterprises and startups with an initial phase targeted in early 2027.
On the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Bangladeshi officials said US Treasury and Chinese lenders signalled practical support for Dhaka’s efforts to manage energy costs and external financing, a boost as the government seeks an additional multibillion dollar package from the World Bank.
Official National Bureau of Statistics figures on October 14 show China’s producer price index rose 5.0 percent year on year in September, its fastest pace in over four years, while consumer inflation eased below forecasts at 0.9 percent. The divergence reinforces the export led, uneven recovery and complicates policy choices for Beijing and the central bank.
The International Monetary Fund on Oct 13 sharply raised its forecast for Taiwan’s 2026 real GDP growth to 10.7 percent, crediting a concentrated global AI hardware boom that has propelled semiconductor and related exports. The upgrade lifts Taiwan to the top of Asia Pacific growth rankings but also raises questions about inflation, supply chain concentration and the need to spread AI gains across the economy.
On October 13, 2026, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved majority resolutions authorising a budget deviation tied to the 2026 Public Finance Policy Document. The move gives the government formal flexibility to increase 2027 and 2028 spending for defence, energy security and targeted support for households and businesses, while prompting warnings from fiscal watchdogs about higher deficits.
On the sidelines of the IMF World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan expects growth above 4 percent this fiscal year and plans to privatise five to six state-owned entities that could fetch over $1 billion, part of a broader reform push tied to IMF commitments.
Widespread high school blockades and clashes with police have spread across France, drawing trade unions and widening public debate over education, policing and President Emmanuel Macron’s political standing ahead of 2027 elections.
China’s State Council press office said Beijing will issue a targeted policy to improve operating property loans, a measure aimed at unlocking liquidity for prominent developers and supporting housing delivery. The announcement comes as authorities roll out a wider package of fiscal and financial support to steady growth.
U.S. markets opened cautiously on Oct 7 as investors awaited release of the Federal Reserve minutes from its September meeting. Rising oil prices and higher Treasury yields lifted the dollar while trimming risk appetite ahead of guidance that could reshape the policy path into year end.
Amsterdam, Tuesday 6 October 2026 – Stablecoins move value globally, but institutions still lack a consistent way to connect what is happening onchain with the economies and regulatory regimes behind that activity. Operators and policy teams still lack a shared, country-level picture of where privately issued stablecoins function as money: which economies show the usage, which international routes carry the value, and which jurisdictions have a live, stablecoin-specific rulebook.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the August 2026 international trade report on October 6, providing fresh detail on exports, imports and the goods and services deficit that will feed into the BEA’s advance GDP estimate.
After a sharp sell off that marked the FTSE 100’s worst week since April, London stocks steadied on Monday as mining shares and an oil sector deal helped calm investors while gilt yields and rate expectations remained in focus.