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The ten-year Treasury yield decreased by 4 basis points the day after the Federal Reserve's decision.

Loan demand has increased, especially among large and medium-sized companies.

Gross margins for the ten largest S&P 500 companies increased from 47% in 1995 to 58% in September 2026, and EBITDA margins rose from 21% to nearly 40% during the same period.

Bloomberg provided data as of September 18, 2026.

Chairman Kevin Warsh stated that the committee removed a “dose of accommodation.”

Regular contact between governments can reduce miscalculation, give firms some visibility, and create a place for both governments to register complaints before they escalate.

The White House’s use of the word “cornerstone” is revealing regarding the new U.S.-China Board of Trade and Board of Investment.

Purchases can be delayed, reclassified, routed through commercial entities, or quietly revised.

In the large, adversarial, and economically entangled relationship between the United States and China, communication channels matter.

China may buy planes, or purchase more soybeans, sorghum, wheat, beef, or poultry.

A standing mechanism, such as the U.S.-China Board of Trade and Board of Investment, is more valuable because it creates a repeatable bargaining table.

Zongyuan Zoe Liu argued before the Beijing summit that Donald Trump was seeking visible deliverables ahead of the midterms, while Xi Jinping was playing a longer game of strategic patience.

The White House's fact sheet from the Beijing summit emphasized a “constructive relationship of strategic stability” based on “fairness and reciprocity,” a fall visit by Xi to Washington, and understandings on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and North Korea.

During the Beijing summit, the United States emphasized transactions, while China emphasized hierarchy, status, and rules of conduct.

The White House framed the Beijing summit as a package of practical wins.

The Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced a mutually useful ambiguity.

Xi Jinping will offer to improve military-to-military communication and propose resuming an arms control dialogue that was suspended in 2024.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) likely recognizes that a formal change in U.S. policy regarding Taiwan is unlikely.

Xi Jinping is likely to continue stressing the importance of U.S. restraint on Taiwan and redoubling his May efforts to persuade President Trump that Taiwan is the problem, not China's gray-zone pressure.

Chairman Xi's return to the White House, after nearly a decade of bilateral hostility, is a significant achievement for him.