September exports alone jumped 29. 6% from a year earlier, helping keep China on course toward its 2026 growth target of 4. 5% to 5%.
The figures also showed an uneven recovery.
In France, violent cost-of-living protests and uncertainty over next year’s budget pushed investors out of French assets.
The unrest followed nationwide demonstrations on Saturday and further riots in Paris on Sunday evening. A scheduled review of the country’s credit rating later in the week added to pressure on the bond market.
Insured losses from the latest riots were estimated at between €1 billion and €1. 2 billion if violence did not continue. France has approved a state-backed riot-insurance framework that would require coverage and allow insurers to transfer qualifying losses to a mechanism managed by public reinsurer Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, but that system is not yet operating.
The Prudential Regulation Authority began reviewing the issue after an insider complaint about total-return swaps allegedly being recorded in a portfolio that made them appear less risky.
Mortgage costs also continued to squeeze new buyers in Britain. Hamptons found that 56% of first-time buyers paid more each month on their mortgage than they had previously paid in rent, with the average increase reaching £39.