PBOC unleashes wave of stimulus measures

Asian equities hit a two-and-a-half-year high following stimulus measures from Beijing. The PBOC cuts the seven-day reverse repo and the RRR in a bid to shore of up the country’s floundering property sector. Our CNBC TV 18 colleagues sit down with JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon who says markets should remain cautious despite last week’s historical rate cut by the Fed. On Wall Street, the Dow and the S&P 500 notch new records as the Fed cut relief rally continues this week. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slams Unicredit after the Italian lender increases its stake in Commerzbank to a potential 21 per cent. And we are live at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool where chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves defends the government’s public finance decisions and says her budget next month will provide ambition rather than austerity.