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Prices, jobs, market moves and recalls that are about cost rather than safety — what happened, what it costs you, and which numbers are still unconfirmed.
GoPro says its 2025 annual and several quarterly statements should no longer be relied upon after errors on warrants and debentures; it also cites defaults.
Travelers reported third-quarter core income of $1.947 billion, while catastrophe losses reached $538 million and it added $295 million to asbestos reserves.
Consumer prices rose 3.7% in September from a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August. Gasoline jumped 9.1% and drove more than half of the monthly rise, while core prices rose 2.6% and the Social Security adjustment for 2027 is 3.6%.
FinCEN assessed Bank of America a $1.2 billion penalty, with a $750 million OCC fine credited against it, leaving $450 million owed under the FinCEN order.
The International Monetary Fund warned in its October Global Financial Stability Report, as relayed by the Guardian and Reuters, that a sharp fall in AI-related share prices could spread across global markets, with rising borrowing costs and cyber risk also named. The IMF’s own wording could not be checked.
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for building macroeconomic policy models on how households and firms make decisions.
Starbucks reportedly explored a takeover of Chipotle, the Financial Times said, per Reuters and Bloomberg; no offer or terms were reported; shares moved.
Trump’s diesel order tells Treasury to decide within 5 days on deferring diesel taxes and the IRS to waive penalties, but it does not make red diesel tax-free.
Iran’s rial traded at 2.723 million per dollar on the open market on Oct. 4, per Iran International. See the timeline, the bank dollar program and inflation.
As of Oct. 3, 2026, the federal government says a one-time $90 Medicare Part B payment is coming; CMS says most get a direct deposit on or around Oct. 8.
Nike’s first-quarter revenue fell 4 percent to $11,213 million. Greater China drove most of the Nike Brand drop, while Pace targets $2.5 billion in savings.
The Federal Reserve’s inspector general found “numerous deficiencies” in how the central bank managed the renovation of its Washington headquarters, and no reasonable grounds to believe a federal crime occurred. The report was released Wednesday, Sept. 30.
John Williams said there is no need for urgency on rates, but one more increase may be appropriate late this year. Both halves of the speech, explained.
Job openings were little changed at 7.1 million in August as hiring stayed slow, quits rare and layoffs low, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
The U.S. and China published lists worth about $30 billion each way. China says more than 90% of the products will lose extra tariffs; no date is set.
Parent holding companies of Brightline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 24, 2026, in New Jersey. The operating company that runs the Miami-to-Orlando trains did not file, and Brightline says its operations are not impacted. The debtors carry about $2.49 billion in debt.
Costco reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $2.998 billion, or $6.75 a diluted share, up from $2.610 billion a year earlier, boosted in part by a non-recurring tariff refund benefit. Net sales for the 16-week quarter rose 11.2% to $93.9 billion.
The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.18%, highest since July 2007, and Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage average reached 7.03%, its first at or above 7% since January 2025.
Viking Therapeutics shares closed up 35.7% Tuesday after a small, company-reported study on VK2735’s maintenance dosing — the data are top-line, not peer-reviewed, and some dose arms had as few as 11-12 people.
Bitcoin rose above $85,000 on Monday, its highest since late January. See when the move began, how it compares with past prices, and what outlets say drove it.