Foreign Exchange Market Update

September 9, 2026

French Industrial Production Falls

Euro traded at 1.1629 against USD at 9:00 AM PST

France's industrial production fell in July; industrial output dropped 0.4%. July's drop followed a 0.1% decrease in June. In total production, manufacturing output fell 0.8% but more slowly than the 1.0% decline registered in June. Output declined in almost all major branches of the manufacturing industry, except in coke and refined petroleum products.

Output increased again in mining and quarrying, energy, and water supply, by 0.9% after climbing 3.2% in June, and reached its highest level since November 2021. In the three months to July, cumulative industrial output rose 0.8% from the same period last year. However, production fell by 0.4% in the manufacturing industry. 09/09/2026 - 05:43:00 (RTTNews)

China Inflation Rises to 0.8%, Producer Price Inflation (PPI) Inflation Accelerates

China's consumer price inflation increased in August, driven by higher technology and energy prices, and producer price inflation exceeded economists' outlook.

Consumer prices advanced 0.8% in August from last year, faster than the 0.5% rise in July. Nonetheless, inflation is well below the government's full-year target of around 2%. Monthly, consumer prices climbed 0.4% in August, in contrast to the 0.1% fall in July.

Core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, rose marginally from 0.9% in the prior month to 1.0%. Food prices fell 1.4% from last year, largely due to the decrease in pork prices. Energy prices contributed 0.28 percentage points to the annual increase in inflation. Producer price inflation accelerated from 3.5% in July to 3.8%. 09/09/2026 - 03:07:00 (RTTNews)

Taiwan Trade Surplus Grows in August

Taiwan's foreign trade surplus increased in August from a year ago. The trade surplus rose from $16.8 billion in August of last year to $22.3 billion in August of this year. The surplus also grew from $17.2 billion in July. Exports surged 41.0% annually in August, and imports also logged a sharp growth of 44.3%.

Shipments of information and communication and audio-video products alone grew 41.8% from last year, and those of parts of electronic products jumped by 58.0%. Outflows of mineral products were 70.2% higher. Taiwan imported 43.8 more information, communication, and audio-video products during August. 09/09/2026 - 08:44:00 (RTTNews)