軟銀集團上半財年（6個月）淨虧損爲7680.1億日元，而上年同期淨利潤爲2.92萬億日元。

Analyst Ira Jersey said today's CPI print was broadly above expectations, reviving the possibility of a 50bp Fed hike in December flagged by Fed Governor Waller and prompting a rapid bear‑flattening move. Jersey expects the yield curve to continue flattening until the Fed stops hiking. If the Fed does raise 50bp in December, he sees a high probability of another hike in March next year.

Gree Electric chair Dong Mingzhu recently said rising copper input costs are weighing on the company; copper now trades at roughly 5–6 times the price of aluminum. Faced with higher costs, Gree will retain copper components to preserve product quality and is prepared to absorb a profit loss of tens of billions of yuan rather than switch to cheaper aluminum, which she said could undermine stability, reliability and durability and ultimately harm consumers.