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According to The New York Times, Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic, recently participated in a gathering via video conference, meeting with dozens of top business leaders in New York.

On September 21, according to China Electric Power News, on September 18, Qian Chaoyang, Chairman and Party Secretary of China Southern Power Grid Company, held talks with Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu Group. Qian Chaoyang expressed his hope that both sides would further strengthen regular communication and exchanges, deepen cooperation in areas such as model support, scenario-driven development, electricity-carbon computing collaboration, pilot-scale verification, industry-finance integration, and overseas markets, and jointly promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and energy.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Walz: Hope Russia and Ukraine will stop fighting.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Walz: Trump has always been willing to engage in dialogue; Iran must return to the negotiating table.

On September 21, Federal Reserve Chairman John Goolsby stated that he is open to the possibility that inflation is beginning to fall back to the 2% target level. He added that if there is strong evidence that inflation is falling back to 2%, he has no objection to cutting interest rates; however, if inflation fails to fall, then a rate hike will be necessary. "Currently, we don't have a jobs problem, but we do have an inflation problem," Goolsby said. "I'm open to the view that the current inflation problem is not persistent, but rather stems from some kind of supply shock that is about to subside. But I want to see evidence that this shock is subsiding. Otherwise, we know very well what action we must take."

ICE data shows that the wholesale price of natural gas in the Netherlands fell 5.4% in the near term to €75.20 per megawatt-hour.

Iranian President Peshizian: Despite wage increases, rising inflation has led to a decline in the real value of wages.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: The Fed does not currently have an employment problem, but it does face an inflation problem.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: The 2% inflation target is a medium-term goal.

On September 21, Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, stated that some of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities may resume normal operations within weeks of the Strait of Hormuz reopening, but the extensive damage caused by the Iranian attack is expected to limit production for the next few years. Before the war, Qatar was one of the world's top three LNG exporters, alongside the United States and Australia. Earlier this year, the Strait of Hormuz was nearly closed, and coupled with Iran's attack on Ras Laffan, the world's largest LNG export hub, Qatar suspended LNG production. The attack caused approximately 17% of the facility's capacity to be shut down. Al-Kaabi said on Sunday that the damaged gas-to-liquids facilities are expected to be repaired in the first quarter of 2027, while repairing the two damaged LNG production lines could take up to three years.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: If fiscal policy drives inflation, the Fed must take that into account.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: The argument that the Federal Reserve should lower the federal government's borrowing costs is one of the reasons why it is important for the Federal Reserve to maintain its independence.

September 21 - According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Hassan Abdulyanpour, head of the Lawyers Center of the Iranian Judiciary, said that several US and Israeli ships have been seized in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf according to judicial rulings, and the proceeds from the sale of these ships will be used to compensate families and individuals affected by the recent war.

The Pakistani Interior Minister met with the Iranian Interior Minister during his visit to Tehran.

Global Chip LOF: Trading will be suspended from the opening of the market on September 22, 2026, and will resume at 10:30 on September 22, 2026. During the suspension period, redemption services for this fund will continue as usual.

Federal Reserve's Goolsby: Optimistic that the Fed can return to its 2% target, provided there is no further evidence of overheated demand.

JPMorgan Chase: Targets $20 billion investment partnership with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).

Deutsche Bank raised its target price for Servicenow (NOW.N) from $135 to $155.

On September 21, CNN, MS Now, and Politico announced they will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect their First Amendment rights and defend the principle that "the government has no right to dictate what news organizations report or publish." In a statement, the three media outlets said, "The White House revoked our journalists' credentials without prior notice or due process, due to dissatisfaction with our reporting. Failure to challenge this would threaten press freedom and the public's right to independent journalism free from government interference."

On September 21, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a national video conference on autumn harvest and autumn planting. The conference emphasized the need to stabilize winter wheat production by all means, to ensure food security through shared responsibility between the Party and the government, to implement planting area targets, to improve planting quality, and to cultivate strong seedlings before winter by combining excessive growth control with promoting robust growth, thus laying a solid foundation for next year's summer grain production. The conference also stressed the importance of integrating agricultural machinery and agronomy to boost rapeseed yields across large areas and taking multiple measures to increase oilseed production capacity. Furthermore, the conference called for close monitoring of the impact of the super El Niño climate, refining emergency plans for meteorological disasters and pests and diseases, solidly promoting the construction of high-standard farmland, continuously carrying out farmland ditch repair and management, and addressing flooding in plains areas. It also emphasized the need to accelerate the improvement of emergency response capabilities such as drying and storage, and to enhance agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief capabilities. Finally, the conference stressed the importance of ensuring stable prices and supply of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, vigorously promoting water-saving and fertilizer-saving technologies such as fertigation, and effectively guaranteeing the fertilizer needs of agricultural production.