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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Day Following Chung Yeung Festival 2026? HKEX Hours
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong Stock Exchange are closed on Monday\, October 19\, 2026 for Day Following Chung Yeung Festival. \n\nNext holiday\nChristmas Eve (Half-Day Trading)\, December 24\, 2026\nRegular hours\n9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm HKT\n\nFull schedule and background: HKEX Holidays. \nUpdated September 2\, 2026 \n\n← Previous HKEX Holidays\nThe Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is closed on Monday\, October 19\, 2026\, the observed holiday marking the Day Following Chung Yeung Festival. Because Chung Yeung Festival itself fell on Sunday\, October 18\, 2026\, Hong Kong observes the following Monday as the public holiday\, and HKEX follows the government holiday schedule. Any equity or derivatives orders placed on this date will queue and execute when the market reopens on Tuesday\, with settlement timelines shifting back accordingly. For the full run of HKEX closures and early closes through the year\, see the HKEX Holidays calendar. \nWhich markets are closed on Day Following Chung Yeung Festival 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nHKEX equities (Main Board and GEM)\nClosed\nPublic holiday in Hong Kong\n\n\nHKEX derivatives (HKFE)\nClosed\nNo futures or options trading\n\n\nHong Kong bond market\nClosed\nFollows the same public holiday schedule\n\n\nNew York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a US holiday\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a UK holiday\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot observed in the eurozone\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a Japanese holiday\n\n\n\nIs the market open the day before and after?\nHKEX traded normal hours\, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Hong Kong time (HKT)\, on Friday\, October 16\, 2026\, the last session before the long weekend. Sunday\, October 18\, 2026 was the actual date of Chung Yeung Festival\, but as it fell on a non-trading day\, Hong Kong observes the following business day\, Monday\, October 19\, 2026\, as the public holiday instead. Trading resumes as normal on Tuesday\, October 20\, 2026\, with the standard morning and afternoon sessions and no early close either side of the break. \nWhy do markets close for Day Following Chung Yeung Festival?\nChung Yeung Festival\, also known as Double Ninth Festival\, is a traditional Chinese observance held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month\, when families climb hills and visit ancestral graves. Hong Kong recognises it as a statutory public holiday\, and when the lunar date lands on a weekend\, as it does in 2026\, the government designates the next working day as a substitute holiday so residents still get a day off. \nHKEX aligns its trading calendar with these government-designated general holidays rather than setting its own separate schedule\, which is why the exchange\, rather than just government offices\, closes on the substitute day. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you hold Hong Kong-listed shares or exchange-traded funds through an international broker\, any buy or sell instructions entered on October 19\, 2026 will simply wait in the queue and execute at the next available price when trading reopens on October 20. Settlement\, which in Hong Kong typically runs on a T+2 basis\, will be pushed back by one working day for any trade that would otherwise have settled during the closure. Dividend payments and options or futures expiries scheduled for the holiday are generally shifted to the next business day by the relevant clearing house. Currency conversions tied to Hong Kong dollar trades and any bank transfers routed through Hong Kong clearing systems may also be delayed by a day. None of this affects cryptocurrency markets\, which trade continuously with no holiday closures\, or exchanges elsewhere in the world such as London\, New York or Tokyo\, which operate on their own separate calendars. \nRemaining HKEX holidays in 2026\n\nChristmas Eve (Half-Day Trading)\, December 24\, 2026: early close at 12:00 pm HKT\nChristmas Day\, December 25\, 2026: closed\nNew Year’s Eve (Half-Day Trading)\, December 31\, 2026: early close at 12:00 pm HKT\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on October 19\, 2026 in Hong Kong?\nNo. HKEX is closed for the Day Following Chung Yeung Festival\, a substitute public holiday since the actual festival date fell on a Sunday. \nIs the bond market open on this holiday?\nNo. The Hong Kong bond market follows the same public holiday schedule as HKEX and is also closed. \nWhat time does HKEX close on a normal trading day?\nOn regular trading days HKEX runs two sessions\, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Hong Kong time. \nWhen is the next HKEX holiday after this one?\nThe next scheduled closure is Christmas Eve on December 24\, 2026\, when HKEX has a half-day of trading and closes early at 12:00 pm HKT. \nAre banks open in Hong Kong on October 19\, 2026?\nNo. Hong Kong banks generally follow the same public holiday schedule as HKEX and are closed on statutory holidays. \n \n← Previous HKEX Holidays
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/hkex-day-following-chung-yeung-festival-2026/
CATEGORIES:Economic Indicators
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SUMMARY:Canada CPI October 2026
DESCRIPTION:Next Canada CPI: Monday\, October 19\, 2026 at 8:30 am ET (1:30 pm London). Covers September 2026 data. \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\n3.0% y/y (July 2026)\nActual\nPending\n\nFull schedule and background: Canada CPI. \nUpdated August 25\, 2026 \n\n← Previous Canada CPI\nStatistics Canada publishes the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2026 on Monday\, October 19\, 2026\, at 8:30am ET (1:30pm London). This is the headline inflation report for Canada and covers price changes during September 2026. Full schedule and background: Canada CPI. \nWhat is the Consumer Price Index?\nThe CPI tracks how much prices change\, month to month and year over year\, for a fixed basket of goods and services that a typical Canadian household buys. Statistics Canada groups the basket into eight main categories\, including food\, shelter\, transportation\, and household operations\, then weights each category by how much of a typical budget it represents. \nThe year-over-year change in the all-items CPI is the figure most often quoted in the news as “the inflation rate”. Alongside it\, Statistics Canada and the Bank of Canada publish core inflation measures\, known as CPI-trim\, CPI-median and CPI-common\, which strip out volatile items such as fuel and some food prices to show the underlying trend. \nMarkets watch this release closely because the Bank of Canada sets interest rates with an explicit target of 2% inflation\, inside a 1 to 3% control range. A CPI print that surprises to the upside or downside can shift expectations for the Bank’s next rate decision\, which in turn moves the Canadian dollar\, bond yields and mortgage pricing. \nWhen is the September CPI released?\nStatistics Canada releases the September 2026 CPI report on October 19\, 2026 at 8:30am ET (1:30pm London time). The data is published on the agency’s website as part of “The Daily” and in the Consumer Price Index Portal\, alongside detailed tables covering core measures and contributions by component\, according to Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index Portal. \nWhat is the consensus forecast?\nAt the time of writing\, a consensus forecast for the September 2026 CPI has not yet been published. Economist estimates for Canadian CPI typically become available closer to the release date\, from surveys run by Bloomberg and Reuters\, and will be added to this page once published. \nThe most recent confirmed reading in our research is for July 2026\, when the year-over-year inflation rate rose to 3.0%\, up from 2.80% in June 2026\, according to Trading Economics data drawn from Statistics Canada. TD Economics noted that core inflation was running “slightly above 2%” in that same report\, according to TD Economics’ analysis of the July 2026 CPI. The August 2026 print\, which sits between that July reading and the September data covered by this release\, is due for confirmation closer to publication. \n\n\n\nMeasure\nMost recent confirmed reading\nConsensus for September 2026\n\n\n\n\nHeadline CPI (year over year)\n3.0% (July 2026)\nNot yet published\n\n\nCore inflation (Bank of Canada measures)\nSlightly above 2% (July 2026)\nNot yet published\n\n\n\nWhat the result could mean\nThe scenarios below are possibilities discussed by economists ahead of the release\, not predictions of the actual outcome. \n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nWhat it means in plain English\n\n\n\n\nAbove consensus\nTraders could pare back bets on Bank of Canada rate cuts\, pushing bond yields and the Canadian dollar higher\nPrices are rising faster than expected\, so borrowing may stay more expensive for longer\n\n\nIn line with consensus\nLimited market reaction\, as the print confirms the existing rate-path expectations\nInflation is behaving roughly as forecast\, so no major change to mortgage or savings outlooks\n\n\nBelow consensus\nMarkets could bring forward expectations of Bank of Canada rate cuts\, weighing on the Canadian dollar\nPrice pressures are easing faster than thought\, which could eventually feed into cheaper borrowing\n\n\n\nWhy does this release matter right now?\nThe Bank of Canada uses CPI\, and particularly its core measures\, as a key input for interest rate decisions. Through the first half of 2026\, headline inflation edged higher\, moving from 2.80% in June to 3.0% in July\, with core measures sitting just above the Bank’s 2% target\, according to TD Economics and Trading Economics. Any further drift away from target in the September data would be watched closely for signs of whether that summer pickup was temporary or the start of a firmer trend. \nBecause Canada’s economy is closely tied to the United States through trade and cross-border investment\, this release is also read alongside the US CPI report for clues about broader North American price pressures. Movements in the Canadian dollar following the release can affect the cost of cross-border shopping\, travel and imported goods for both countries. \nFor policymakers\, a run of prints above the 1 to 3% control range would raise the question of whether current interest rate settings are restrictive enough\, while a run of prints back near 2% would support the case for holding or cutting rates. Investors in Canadian government bonds\, and anyone with a mortgage due for renewal in the months following this release\, have a direct stake in which direction that debate moves. \nOutside Canada\, this report also feeds into how global investors price Canadian assets relative to the United States\, the United Kingdom and the eurozone. A widening gap between Canadian and US inflation trends can influence the exchange rate used by travellers\, exporters and companies that price goods in both currencies\, while European and Asian investors holding Canadian government bonds or resource-sector equities watch the release for signs of where Bank of Canada policy is heading next. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\n\nMortgages and loans: A hotter than expected CPI print can reduce the chance of a near-term Bank of Canada rate cut\, which matters for anyone renewing a variable-rate mortgage or line of credit. A cooler print can do the opposite.\nSavings: Interest rates on savings accounts and guaranteed investment certificates in Canada tend to track the Bank of Canada’s policy rate\, so a shift in rate-cut expectations after this release can change what savers earn.\nJobs and wages: Persistently high inflation erodes the real value of pay rises\, so wage negotiations and cost-of-living adjustments often reference the CPI figures published in this report.\nPrices you pay: The CPI breakdown shows which categories\, such as food\, shelter or transport\, are driving cost increases\, which can help households understand where their budgets are being squeezed hardest.\nInvestments\, pensions and currencies: A surprise in Canadian inflation can move the Canadian dollar against the US dollar\, the pound and the euro\, affecting the value of holidays\, imports and Canadian assets held by overseas investors\, including pension funds with exposure to Canadian bonds and equities.\n\nRelated events\n\nPrevious release: Canada CPI\, September 2026 data\nBank of Canada interest rate decisions\, which respond directly to CPI trends\nUS CPI report\, published separately by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics\, for a North American price comparison\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time is the September 2026 Canada CPI released?\nStatistics Canada releases the report at 8:30am ET\, which is 1:30pm in London\, on October 19\, 2026. \nHow should I read the headline versus core CPI figures?\nThe headline figure includes all prices\, including volatile items like fuel\, while core measures strip these out to show the Bank of Canada’s preferred view of underlying inflation. \nHow does this release affect Bank of Canada interest rates?\nThe Bank of Canada weighs CPI trends\, especially core inflation\, when deciding whether to raise\, hold or cut its policy rate\, which in turn affects mortgage and savings rates across Canada. \nWhere can I find the official release?\nThe official data is published by Statistics Canada in “The Daily” and the Consumer Price Index Portal on statcan.gc.ca. \nWhen is the next Canada CPI release after this one?\nStatistics Canada publishes CPI monthly\, typically around the middle of the following month\, so the October 2026 CPI report is expected roughly four weeks after this release\, with the exact date confirmed on the agency’s release schedule. \n← Previous Canada CPI
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/canada-cpi-october-2026/
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SUMMARY:PBoC Loan Prime Rate October 2026
DESCRIPTION:Next PBoC Loan Prime Rate: Tuesday\, October 20\, 2026 at 9:00 am CST (9:00 pm ET\, 2:00 am London). \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\nHeld at 3.0% (1-year) / 3.5% (5-year)\, September 2026\nActual\nPending\n\nFull schedule and background: PBoC Loan Prime Rate. \nUpdated August 26\, 2026 \n\n← Previous PBoC Loan Prime Rate\nThe People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announces its monthly Loan Prime Rate (LPR) decision on Tuesday\, October 20\, 2026\, at 9:00 am China Standard Time\, which is 9:00 pm ET on Monday\, October 19 in the United States\, and 2:00 am London time on the day of release. The rate is set by the PBoC based on submissions from 18 designated commercial banks and published via the National Interbank Funding Center. Full schedule and background: PBoC Loan Prime Rate. \nWhat is the PBoC and what does it decide?\nThe People’s Bank of China is the country’s central bank. Unlike the US Federal Reserve or the Bank of England\, it does not hold a single headline policy rate decided by a committee vote in the same way. Instead\, the Loan Prime Rate is a market-referenced lending benchmark calculated monthly from quotes submitted by a panel of major banks\, based on the rate they charge their best corporate customers\, itself anchored to the PBoC’s medium-term lending facility (MLF) rate and other policy tools. \nThere are two LPR tenors published every month: the one-year LPR\, which underpins most corporate and short-term consumer loans\, and the five-year-plus LPR\, which is the main reference for mortgage pricing across China. Movements in either rate signal the PBoC’s broader stance on credit conditions\, growth support and\, at times\, currency management\, functions that in other economies would sit with a rate-setting committee such as the Federal Open Market Committee or the Monetary Policy Committee. \nThe PBoC does not hold scheduled press conferences tied to each LPR fixing. Guidance instead comes through central bank statements\, quarterly monetary policy reports and\, less formally\, state media commentary. \nWhen is the October PBoC decision announced?\nThe October fixing is published at 9:00 am local time in Beijing on October 20\, 2026 (9:00 pm ET the previous evening\, 2:00 am London time). There is no accompanying press conference or dot-plot style projection. The PBoC typically releases any explanatory commentary separately through its own website and periodic monetary policy report\, rather than at the moment of the LPR announcement itself. \nWhat to expect\nChina’s central bank has held the one-year LPR at 3.0% and the five-year-plus LPR at 3.5% since its last cut in May 2025\, according to the PBoC’s published rate history. A consensus forecast for the October 2026 fixing has not yet been published by major polling services at the time of writing\, though most China watchers expect the PBoC to keep both rates unchanged unless fresh stimulus is signalled through other channels\, such as reserve requirement ratio cuts or MLF adjustments. \n\n\n\nMeeting\nDecision\n1-Year LPR after meeting\n\n\n\n\nMay 2025\nCut 10bp\n3.0%\n\n\nJune 2025\nHeld\n3.0%\n\n\nJuly 2025\nHeld\n3.0%\n\n\nAugust 2025\nHeld\n3.0%\n\n\nSeptember 2025\nHeld\n3.0%\n\n\nSeptember 2026\nHeld\n3.0%\n\n\n\nRows are drawn from the PBoC’s official rate publications; months where the reading could not be independently verified have been omitted. Readers should check the PBoC’s official English-language site for the confirmed run of recent fixings. \nMarket impact scenarios\n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nWhat it means in plain English\n\n\n\n\nHold\nSeen as the base case by most China-focused strategists\nBorrowing costs stay the same; the PBoC is comfortable with current credit conditions or prefers other tools such as reserve requirement cuts.\n\n\nCut\nWould likely be read as a sign of concern over growth or the property sector\, potentially weighing on the yuan\nMortgages and business loans in China would get marginally cheaper\, which can support spending and construction but also pressure bank profit margins.\n\n\nHike\nConsidered highly unlikely by most analysts given China’s low-inflation\, growth-support policy stance\nWould suggest the PBoC is prioritising currency stability or curbing excess credit growth over near-term stimulus.\n\n\n\nWhat will the statement and press conference signal?\nBecause there is no live press conference\, markets instead parse the size of any MLF rate change in the days before the fixing\, comments from PBoC officials\, and the broader tone of Beijing’s fiscal and property-sector policy. Analysts also watch whether banks’ net interest margins are being squeezed\, since persistently thin margins can make commercial banks reluctant to pass on further LPR cuts even if the PBoC wants credit to flow more cheaply. Dissent in the traditional sense does not apply here\, since the LPR is a quoted average rather than a committee vote\, but divergence between the submitted bank quotes can hint at underlying stress in the banking sector. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nFor borrowers and savers inside China\, the five-year LPR directly affects mortgage repayments\, so a hold keeps monthly costs stable while a cut would lower them for new and some existing variable-rate borrowers. The one-year LPR feeds into business and consumer lending rates more broadly. \nFor people outside China\, the effects are indirect but real. A weaker Chinese growth outlook\, often signalled alongside LPR moves\, can soften demand for commodities and exports from the UK\, Europe and other Asian economies\, potentially affecting share prices of companies with large China exposure held in pensions and investment funds. Currency markets also react: a cut can weaken the yuan\, which sometimes filters through to how competitively priced Chinese exports are\, an indirect factor in inflation readings that UK and eurozone central banks track. There is no direct link to UK mortgage rates or high street savings accounts\, but multinational companies and commodity-linked sectors in London and Frankfurt can see share price movements on the day. \nRelated events\n\nPrevious decision: PBoC Loan Prime Rate\, September 2026\nFull LPR schedule and background: PBoC Loan Prime Rate hub\nChina’s inflation and trade data releases in the days before the fixing are also worth tracking for clues on the PBoC’s likely stance\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time is the October 2026 PBoC LPR announced?\nIt is published at 9:00 am China Standard Time on October 20\, 2026\, which is 9:00 pm ET the evening before and 2:00 am London time on the day. \nWill the PBoC cut rates in October 2026?\nMost economists tracking China expect a hold based on the pattern of recent months\, though this is a possibility rather than a certainty and a formal consensus has not yet been published. \nWhat is the current PBoC Loan Prime Rate?\nThe one-year LPR has stood at 3.0% and the five-year-plus LPR at 3.5% since the PBoC’s last cut in May 2025. \nWhen is the next PBoC LPR decision?\nThe PBoC publishes the LPR on a monthly basis\, so the next fixing follows roughly one month after the October 2026 announcement. \nWhere can I watch the PBoC LPR announcement?\nThe rate is published directly on the PBoC’s official website and is typically reported immediately by major financial news wires. \n← Previous PBoC Loan Prime Rate
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/pboc-loan-prime-rate-october-2026/
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