Newest item from each desk, the numbers, and the week ahead. Built 1:47 PM.
30-year mortgage 7.32%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 5.00%, WTI oil $100.72, gold $4,036. The Fed decides tomorrow, and borrowing is still expensive. The 10-year Treasury closed Monday (Oct
30-year mortgage 7.32%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 5.00%, WTI oil $101.06, gold $4,035. The Fed meets this week, and borrowing is still expensive. The 10-year Treasury ended Friday (Oct 23
30-year mortgage 7.32%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.96%, WTI oil $101.32, gold $4,042. Borrowing got a little cheaper this week, but it's still expensive. The 10-year Treasury fell back u
Markets price a hold at 3.75–4.00% at about 92% and a quarter‑point hike at about 8% (CME FedWatch via Reuters, Oct 24), with a December hike near 84%. The statement lands at 2:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, C
Four big recalls in two weeks, and three of them are on vehicles that sit on every used lot. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls with the VIN from the VIN decoder.
J.D. Power and GlobalData's October forecast (Oct 22) says the market is flat and the buyer is stretched. Sales should land at 1,327,100 vehicles, a 15.6 million annual pace, flat on the year; retail
BYD Qin Plus DM-i (3rd gen): launched Oct 27 from ¥76,900 (about $11,450) for a limited time, with up to 220 km of electric range. That is the price point the rest of the industry has to answer.
United States: the 100% tariff on Chinese-built EVs from 2024 is still in place, and the connected-vehicle software rule keeps Chinese-brand cars out even if someone paid it. BYD has said publicly it
CATL Naxtra (sodium-ion): 175 Wh/kg, full-scale mass production by the end of 2026, and the first sodium-ion cell to pass China's new GB 38031-2025 traction-battery safety standard. Sodium cells are c
Blizzard added three items to the Oct 26 racial pass that it says were meant to be listed: Orc Blood Fury's cooldown falls to 2 minutes, Undead Touch of the Grave fires more often with a 15-second int
Blizzard's Oct 26 update to the Beta Development Notes is a last pass on racials before Nov 4: Humans trade crit for Spirit, Dwarves swap Earth Fury for a 1% hit racial, Orcs get Command back and lose
An unannounced hotfix to the Oct 22 build, first seen by the community tracker on Oct 23. Blizzard's notes do not mention it. Paladins now learn Righteous Fury at level 10 instead of 16. (1 buffs)
Epic's official FNCS Solos 2026 rules list the Finals as Day 1 October 26th and Day 2 October 27th, after Qualifiers (Sep 28–Oct 11), Heats (Oct 17–18) and the Last Chance Qualifier (Oct 19–20). Espor
Every day from 9 AM ET (1 PM UTC): 2x Sprite XP and 2x Sprite Dust, a Lucky Locator from the daily login Quest, and 1-Up Tokens and Portable Extractors may drop from Chests. Oct 27: Overclocked 8-Bit
Third and final Brick or Treat drop. The event started Oct 15 with Kraken props and the Haunted Cheese Hideaway; Calcitor's Jaws arrived Oct 22.