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General Wire — 24 September 2026
The Treasury selloff pushed ten-year yields to 5.13% on hot US activity data, the NSE made a muted market debut, global forecasters lifted India's growth outlook, Bessent prepared the ground for the Xi-Trump summit, and SoftBank tapped junk-bond markets to fund its AI push.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Morning Briefing Asia and Evening Briefing Americas.
A Morgan Stanley staffer’s misdirected email leaked the investment bank’s list of planned Asian deals. — Bloomberg
Disney raised the price of Disney+ by 13% to $21.49 a month. — Bloomberg
Economics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and The Economic Times.
The S&P Global flash US composite PMI rose to 58.4 in September, its highest since July 2021, with manufacturing at 57 even as supplier delivery times lengthened by the most since mid-2022. — Bloomberg
The OECD, ADB, S&P Global and Fitch all raised India’s FY27 growth forecasts, to between 6.9% and 7.1%, after June-quarter GDP growth of 7.8% beat expectations. — The Economic Times
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and The Economic Times’ Morning Newsletter.
The ten-year Treasury yield jumped almost 17 basis points to 5.13% and the 30-year traded near 5.4%, both highs since 2007, after strong activity data and a weak five-year auction. — Bloomberg
NSE shares listed at Rs 1,800, just 0.8% above the Rs 1,785 IPO price, before climbing more than 5% to Rs 1,878 within an hour of listing. — The Economic Times
Nvidia has become one of the most-traded US credit default swaps as investors hedge against losses from mounting hyperscaler-linked debt. — Bloomberg
Politics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Morning Briefing Asia and Evening Briefing Americas.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met his Chinese counterpart He Lifeng ahead of Xi Jinping’s summit with Donald Trump, seeking commitments to protect US workers and advance American security interests. — Bloomberg
France’s foreign minister warned of growing Kremlin aggression ahead of a tense UN Security Council meeting that put Ukraine and Russia face to face. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Morning Briefing Asia and Evening Briefing Americas.
Geely unveiled AI-powered EV charging that it says takes a battery from 10% to 70% in under five minutes, directly challenging BYD. — Bloomberg
SoftBank is set to become the world’s biggest corporate junk-bond borrower after pushing through one of the largest high-yield offerings on record, at its highest-ever yields, to fund its AI ambitions. — Bloomberg
Heat from clustered AI data centres is spreading beyond their property lines and raising temperatures in surrounding US neighbourhoods, Bloomberg reports. — Bloomberg
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