Daily Update 15 September 2025
Markets are cautious early Monday morning ahead of a four central bank week
Overnight
Markets are cautious early Monday morning ahead of a four central bank week. Lots of chatter over the weekend of de-dollarisation with Yuan based trade volumes rising significantly. It's true but re-creating a banking system to deal with it, or maybe a blockchain-based alternative hasn't actually been started yet. As far as we know.
China is ditching the dollar, fast [The Economist]
US, China end first day of talks in Spain on trade, TikTok deadline [Reuters]
Breaking
G-7 Finance Chiefs to Talk China, India Tariffs Over Russia Oil [Bloomberg]
Trump issues an ultimatum for NATO countries on Russia sanctions [CNN]
French companies’ borrowing costs fall below government’s as debt fears intensify [FT]
Interesting
China running out of rubbish to burn as waste power goes into overdrive [FT]