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China Risk-on Weekly | October 19, 2026

· China economy

Early Risk-on at 6/10; R2 financial expansion persists. September lending recovered while M1 slowed; upstream inflation does not establish private-demand reflation.

Research summary; this is not the complete original report.

English overview, not a full translation. Research cutoff: October 19, 2026, 08:49 Beijing time, before the scheduled GDP and domestic-demand release. China remains at 6/10 Early Risk-on and R2 financial expansion. September credit flows improved but M1 slowed to 3.2%, while upstream-led PPI inflation did not establish broad downstream pricing power. Trade and FX supply remained supportive, but private-credit recovery and market confirmation were incomplete. The complete original Chinese report preserves its original cutoff and conditional invalidation framework.

Dated research observations (report excerpts; not replacements for independently verified series): m1-yoy: 3.2 % (2026-09-30; final). m2-yoy: 7.2 % (2026-09-30; final). m1-m2-gap: -4 pp (2026-09-30; final). household-credit: 874 亿元 (2026-09-30; estimated). corporate-credit: 8900 亿元 (2026-09-30; estimated). social-financing-flow: 35500 亿元 (2026-09-30; final). government-bond-financing: 15300 亿元 (2026-09-30; final). ppi: 5 % (2026-09-30; final). ppi-mom: 1.2 % (2026-09-30; final). cpi-yoy: 0.9 % (2026-09-30; final). core-cpi-yoy: 1 % (2026-09-30; final). pmi-orders: 50.5 点 (2026-09-30; final). trade-surplus: 1335.3 亿美元 (2026-09-30; final).

Public sources

  1. 国新办发布会日程
  2. Reuters:9月信贷
  3. 前8月金融统计
  4. 前三季度金融统计报道
  5. 9月社融结构
  6. 国家统计局:9月PMI
  7. 国家统计局:9月PPI
  8. 国家统计局:9月CPI
  9. 国家统计局:1—8月工业利润
  10. Reuters:9月贸易
  11. 8月银行结售汇
  12. 外汇局:上半年国际收支
  13. 人民币篮子指数
  14. 人民币汇率
  15. A股周度行情
  16. 恒生科技历史行情
  17. 两融资金
  18. 中国30年国债

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