美国至9月19日当周初请失业金人数 19.7万人，预期20.1万人，前值由19.6万人修正为19.8万人。

Sept. 23 — At iQiyi’s 2026 autumn event, founder and CEO Gong Yu said AI has driven an explosive surge in short-form dramas and is creating opportunities for long-form content; falling production costs have led to a large increase in creators and titles, initiating a positive industry cycle. He said iQiyi will use AI to lower entry barriers, shorten production cycles and develop new AI-generated content formats to drive user content consumption growth.

US initial jobless claims for the week ended Sept 19: 197,000 vs. 201,000 expected; prior reading revised to 198,000 from 196,000.