Shorts

The day’s news in a few lines: tech, marketing and Brazilian markets, plus the economic calendar for Brazil and the US.

Oct 22, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Node.js patches 10 vulnerabilities across three release lines

    Node.js shipped coordinated security releases on Wednesday (Oct 21) for all three supported lines, v26.12.1, v24.22.1 and v22.23.4, closing 10 vulnerabilities, 4 of them rated high. The most severe is a Brotli decompression flaw that allows remote code execution.

    Source: LinuxCompatible

  • Marketing/SEO

    ChatGPT traffic is showing up as Direct

    Since GPT-6 launched on Oct 8, links coming from ChatGPT have stopped carrying tracking tags. Adobe measured roughly 31,000 daily visits "lost" from ChatGPT and 26,000 "gained" as Direct traffic between Oct 9 and 13, and OpenAI has confirmed the bug.

    Source: DesignRush

  • Markets

    Ibovespa falls 0.86% on Middle East tensions

    Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.86% on Thursday (Oct 22) to 206,495 points, and the dollar rose to R$ 5.03. Middle East tensions (attacks in Saudi Arabia and the risk of new US and Israeli strikes on Iran) and caution over the pace of AI investment weighed on global markets.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    Only the National Monetary Council (CMN) meeting, at 9 a.m. BRT. No inflation, jobs or interest rate data is scheduled today.

    United States

    9:30 a.m. BRT: initial jobless claims (forecast 200K, prior 199K) and continuing claims (1.72M, prior 1.71M). 11 a.m.: Conference Board leading economic index for September (forecast -0.2%, prior -0.1%). Noon: Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for October. No rate decision, payrolls or CPI today, so expected impact is low to medium.

Oct 21, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    AWS launches Lambda Web Functions

    Announced on Oct 13, it's a new kind of Lambda function that runs a standard Node.js server, making it simpler to build web apps on serverless infrastructure.

    Source: Dev Digest

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google's October update isn't official yet

    Forums report erratic Discover traffic and delayed Search Console data, but Google's status dashboard still only lists the September spam update. No core update has been confirmed.

    Source: Search Engine Watch

  • Markets

    Ibovespa closes 0.4% shy of its record

    Brazil's benchmark index rose 1.57% on Tuesday (Oct 20) to close at 208,296 points, led by Itaú and Bradesco. The dollar held steady near R$ 5.03.

    Source: The Rio Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil: A light day, only FX flows

    Brazil's foreign exchange flow data is out at 2:30 p.m. BRT, a low-impact release. No major data (inflation, GDP, jobs) is due today, and the IPCA-15 inflation preview comes on Friday (Oct 23). WEG reports third-quarter earnings before the open, the first big result of the season on the B3.

    United States: No high-impact data

    Today's US calendar only has weekly crude inventories (EIA), mortgage applications (MBA) and a 20-year bond auction. No inflation, jobs, GDP or rate decision.

Oct 20, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    NestJS 12 ships with an ESM core

    Released on Oct 19, NestJS 12 moves its core packages to ESM, adds Standard Schema validation and debuts an observability SDK.

    Source: NewReleases

  • Markets

    Ibovespa dips ahead of the runoff

    Brazil's Ibovespa edged down 0.17% on Monday (Oct 19) to 205,079 points and the dollar fell to R$ 5.048, with markets eyeing the Oct 25 runoff and the Focus survey projecting a 13.25% Selic rate.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    No relevant releases. The calendar resumes on Thursday (Oct 22) with the National Monetary Council meeting, per Trading Economics.

    United States

    Nothing high impact: September housing data (building permits and housing starts, 9:30 a.m. BRT) and pending home sales (11 a.m.), plus a T-bill auction (12:30 p.m.) and API crude inventories (5:30 p.m.), per Trading Economics.

Oct 19, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Cloudflare open-sources Void

    Cloudflare released Void as open source to give IT teams control over the apps employees build with AI. Running the full version still requires a paid plan.

    Source: The New Stack

  • Markets

    Ibovespa ends the week lower despite a positive Friday

    Brazil's index rose 0.54% on Friday (Oct 16) to 205,430 points but lost 1.74% on the week. The dollar fell to R$ 5.07, and markets now watch runoff polls.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    October IGP-10 is out at 8 a.m. BRT, forecast at 1.4% for the month (from 1.47% in September). A much hotter print could cool bets on a November rate cut. The Focus survey follows at 8:25 a.m.

    United States

    A quiet day: the only highlight is the NAHB/Wells Fargo housing index at 11 a.m. BRT, forecast to slip from 32 to 31. Neither country has high-impact data today.

Oct 16, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Next.js patches two critical flaws in dependencies

    In an out-of-band security update published on Oct 14, Vercel fixed two critical and one high-severity vulnerability in the framework's dependencies.

    Source: Next.js

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google gives links more prominence in AI Mode

    Google is placing links higher in AI Mode and AI Overviews answers and expanding the Preferred Sources carousel, opening more click paths for publishers.

    Source: 9to5Google

  • Markets

    Ibovespa falls for a 3rd session as the dollar hits R$ 5.09

    Brazil's Ibovespa fell 1.06% on Thursday (Oct 15) to 204,324 points and the dollar rose 1.17% to R$ 5.09, as markets reacted to a Quaest election poll and fiscal concerns.

    Source: Diário do Sudoeste

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    A thin calendar: only August IBC-Br (economic activity) and CFTC speculative positions on the real, with no high-impact releases.

    United States

    Fed Chair Warsh speaks, and September industrial data is out (industrial production, capacity utilization and manufacturing output), plus import and export prices. The budget balance, TIC flows and the Baker Hughes rig count round out the day.

Oct 15, 2026

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google explains how it ranks PDFs

    Google detailed how PDFs are ranked in Search and AI Mode, and how to check whether a PDF is SEO friendly.

    Source: Search Engine Journal

  • Markets

    Ibovespa futures flat with US inflation in focus

    Ibovespa futures were little changed as markets waited for US inflation data and new election polls.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    At 9 a.m. BRT, IBGE releases August retail sales, the only major release of the day, per Trading Economics.

    United States

    A heavy batch at 9:30 a.m. BRT: September PPI and core PPI, September retail sales, jobless claims and the October Empire State and Philly Fed indexes. Oil and gas inventories and short-term bill auctions follow later.

Oct 14, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    TanStack Start reaches 1.0

    The framework hit its stable release and is pitched as a client-first alternative to server-focused React frameworks.

    Source: This Week in React

  • Marketing/SEO

    Search Console can now combine multiple countries

    Search Console now lets you combine traffic from several countries in a single report. The same week, the September spam update wrapped up after 13 days and 16 hours.

    Source: Search Engine Journal

  • Markets

    Inflation forecast rises for a 4th straight week

    Brazil's Focus survey raised the 2026 IPCA inflation forecast to 5.22%, with the Selic rate seen at 13.25% and the dollar at R$ 5.15 by year-end.

    Source: Café com Seu Dinheiro

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    Nothing high impact: just lagging August services data and the October IPSOS PCSI survey, per Investing.com.

    United States

    September CPI is the highlight, forecast at 0.6% for the month and 3.6% year over year (core 0.2% and 2.5%). The Fed's Beige Book and remarks from Barkin, Bowman and Goolsbee are also on deck.

Oct 13, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Browser fingerprinting is the new cookie

    Identifying devices by fonts, screen resolution and graphics card has become the main tracking method in 2026. Unlike cookies, it can't be cleared and works even in incognito mode or behind a VPN.

    Source: Techloy

  • Marketing/SEO

    Rank trackers keep breaking on Google

    Barry Schwartz reports that third-party rank tracking tools are still struggling to pull Google Search data as Google tightens its blocking of scraping.

    Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Markets

    September inflation breaks the target ceiling

    Brazil's IPCA rose 0.82% in September, above the 0.76% median forecast, taking 12-month inflation to 4.58%, above the target ceiling, driven by the end of the Itaipu power bill credit and a rebound in food prices.

    Source: Canal Rural

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    The only highlight is the Focus survey, with new forecasts for inflation, the Selic rate, the exchange rate and GDP, usually out early in the morning.

    United States

    A day of second-tier events: remarks from Fed officials Waller, Barkin and Collins, T-bill auctions, September existing home sales, the NFIB small business index and the federal budget balance. No payrolls, CPI or rate decision.

Oct 12, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Cloudflare acquires Deno

    Cloudflare acquired Deno, the company behind the JavaScript runtime, to strengthen the programming model of its Workers platform.

    Source: TechCrunch

  • Markets

    Focus survey lifts 2026 inflation forecast to 5.01%

    Brazil's central bank Focus survey showed a third straight increase in the 2026 IPCA inflation forecast, while the year-end Selic rate estimate held at 13.5%.

    Source: Agência Brasil

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil: National holiday

    Our Lady of Aparecida day: markets are closed and there are no relevant releases.

    United States: Columbus Day

    The holiday empties the US calendar too. Next up is September CPI on Wednesday (Oct 14).

Oct 9, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Microsoft launches Surface laptops with Nvidia's RTX Spark chip

    Microsoft opened preorders for the Surface Laptop Ultra, starting at US$ 2,599 with Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip, and showed new Windows AI features such as Copilot access to local files and agent activity monitoring.

    Source: BGR

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google promises more spam updates

    At a Search Central event, Google said it uses AI to spot low-effort content at scale and promised more spam updates. It filters about 40 billion spam pages a day.

    Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Markets

    Ibovespa closes at its highest since April

    Brazil's Ibovespa reached 206,587 points on Thursday (Oct 8), led by Petrobras, and the dollar fell to R$ 5.01 despite oil rising on Middle East tensions.

    Source: Money Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    The highlight is September IPCA inflation around 9 a.m. BRT: markets expect 0.73% for the month and 12-month inflation accelerating to 4.50% from 4.22%, per Investing.com.

    United States

    The preliminary October University of Michigan consumer sentiment index is out around 11 a.m. BRT, forecast 47.5 (from 48.1), with 1-year inflation expectations at 4.6%. Boston Fed President Susan Collins speaks during the day.

Oct 8, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Google freezes open source bug bounty over AI-generated reports

    Google paused its open source bug bounty program after a "significant rise" in low-quality AI-generated submissions.

    Source: TechCrunch

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google finishes the September spam update

    The September 2026 Spam Update finished rolling out on Oct 8 after two weeks, slower than previous updates in the series.

    Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Markets

    XP raises its inflation forecast and sees slower Selic cuts

    Brazilian brokerage XP now projects 5.1% inflation for 2026 after the IPCA-15 preview surprised to the upside, while the Fed minutes signaled one more US rate hike.

    Source: Café com Seu Dinheiro

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    A clear calendar: no major releases (inflation, rates, jobs or activity), per Money Times.

    United States

    The highlight is weekly jobless claims at 9:30 a.m. BRT, closely watched as a read on the labor market ahead of the Fed's next decision.

Oct 7, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Next.js reaches version 16.3

    Vercel released Next.js 16.3, with DevTools improvements aimed at debugging framework requests.

    Source: Next.js

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google wants fact-checked AI content and adds UTM tags to Gemini

    Google signaled it wants fact-checking on AI-generated content and started adding UTM tags to Gemini links.

    Source: Search Engine Journal

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    A light day: September IGP-DI (FGV), vehicle sales and production (Anfavea) and the central bank's weekly FX flow. No high-impact releases.

    United States

    The highlight is the minutes of the last FOMC meeting around 3 p.m. BRT, with clues on the Fed's next steps. Also out: MBA mortgage applications, EIA crude inventories (~11:30 a.m.), the New York Fed's inflation expectations (~noon) and a 10-year Treasury auction (~2 p.m.).

Oct 6, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Supabase wants AI agents building the backend

    At Supabase Select 2026, the company showed Docker-free local development, declarative schemas, Supabase Compute, multi-node high availability via Multigres and the OrioleDB storage engine.

    Source: Supabase

  • Markets

    Ibovespa tops 200,000 points after the first round

    Brazil's Ibovespa surged 7.70% on Monday (Oct 5) to close at 206,911 points, its first close above 200,000, while the dollar fell 4.12% after the first-round election results.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    An empty calendar: no major releases, as markets digest the reaction to the first round, per Trading Economics.

    United States

    ADP employment and the August trade balance are both high impact, plus remarks from Fed officials Williams, Bowman and Logan that could move markets given recent pressure on yields, per Trading Economics.

Oct 5, 2026

  • Markets

    Markets brace for an Ibovespa rally after the first round

    With Flávio Bolsonaro in the lead and the right strengthened at the polls on Sunday (Oct 4), markets expected a strong stock rally and the dollar near R$ 5 on Monday (Oct 5).

    Source: Seu Dinheiro

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    No high-impact releases. The Focus survey and S&P Global services and composite PMIs for September are out, medium impact.

    United States

    The highlight is the September ISM services index (high impact, forecast 55.1, prior 55.4). S&P Global services and composite PMIs (forecast 58.7 and 58.4) and T-bill auctions are also out, per Investing.com.

Oct 2, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    AI agents land in IDEs in force

    IBM Bob now has a self-hosted option, JetBrains Air debuted with multiple AI agents built into the IDE, and Qodo 3.0 targets quality control for agent-written code.

    Source: SD Times

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google's spam update rolls on as Gemini 3.8 reaches Search

    Google is still rolling out the September spam update, launched Gemini 3.8 (Flash and Live) in AI Mode and Search, and started paying about 100 publishers for content used in AI features.

    Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Markets

    Ibovespa rises as the election race tightens

    Brazil's Ibovespa rose 0.46% on Thursday (Oct 1) to 187,197 points and the dollar gained 0.89% to R$ 5.22, after a Datafolha poll showed Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro in a statistical tie.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    September IPC-Fipe inflation at 5 a.m. BRT, IPC-S at 8 a.m. and August industrial production at 9 a.m., none of them high impact, per Money Times.

    United States

    September payrolls at 9:30 a.m. BRT are the day's main event, with weight on the Fed's next moves. Factory orders follow at 11 a.m. and the Baker Hughes rig count at 2 p.m.

Oct 1, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Next.js ships a security patch for self-hosted apps

    Versions 16.3.8 and 15.5.27 fix an SSRF via image optimization (high severity) and several cache poisoning issues in self-hosted apps using SSG and ISR.

    Source: Next.js

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google rolls out its 4th spam update of 2026

    The rollout arrived alongside multimodal search filters in Search Console, a Discover test that diverts traffic away from publishers ("Dive deeper") and ad metrics in CrUX, the latter with no ranking impact.

    Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Markets

    Ibovespa jumps 1.37% as the dollar slips to R$ 5.175

    Brazilian stocks rallied as investors cut defensive positions after election polls and confirmation that Lula will skip the TV debate. PMIs and Fed remarks are also on the radar.

    Source: Investing.com Brasil

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    S&P Global manufacturing PMI for September, medium impact, in the morning. The prior reading was 46.3, in contraction territory, per Investing.com.

    United States

    The highlight is the September ISM manufacturing PMI at 11 a.m. BRT, high impact: forecast 54.8, prior 54.6. Also out: Challenger job cuts (43.3K, prior 52.9K) and August construction spending, expected flat.

Sep 30, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents

    Shopify extended the WebMCP protocol to checkout, letting browser agents update the cart and complete the order once the buyer confirms.

    Source: TechCrunch

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google CTR falls on desktop and rises on mobile

    Q2 2026 data shows click-through rates for top positions falling on desktop and rising on mobile.

    Source: Search Engine Journal

  • Markets

    Ibovespa rises and the dollar falls on strong jobs data

    Brazil's August formal jobs report (Caged) beat expectations and Brent crude eased on signs of de-escalation in the Middle East, lifting stocks and pushing the dollar lower.

    Source: Investing.com Brasil

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    At 8:30 a.m. BRT: August gross debt-to-GDP and primary budget balance, the day's heaviest releases. At 9 a.m.: the Q4 long-term rate (TLP) and August producer prices. At 2:30 p.m.: weekly FX flows.

    United States

    A busy morning: September ADP private payrolls at 9:15 a.m. BRT. At 9:30 a.m.: the Q2 GDP revision, core PCE (the Fed's preferred inflation gauge) and August personal income and spending. It's the batch most likely to move Fed bets.

Sep 29, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    ChatGPT gets voice agents on mobile

    OpenAI added voice agents to ChatGPT on mobile, letting users trigger workflows like drafting documents and emails or summarizing messages straight from their phone.

    Source: AI Agent Store

  • Marketing/SEO

    41 of the 50 biggest US news sites lost traffic

    Between August 2025 and August 2026, 41 of the 50 largest US news sites lost traffic, with steep drops at outlets like Newsweek and Business Insider, attributed to Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode.

    Source: WTF is SEO?

  • Markets

    Ibovespa opens lower as the dollar climbs

    Brazil's Ibovespa opened 0.26% lower on Tuesday (Sep 29) and the real weakened 0.86%, as markets awaited IGP-M inflation and unemployment data, both key to the Selic rate (13.75%) path ahead of the Nov 4 Copom meeting.

    Source: The Rio Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    8 a.m. BRT: September IGP-M (high impact, forecast 1.60% for the month). 8:30 a.m.: August bank lending (medium impact). 9 a.m.: August unemployment rate (high impact, expected 5.3%). Source: ADVFN's Farol Econômico.

    United States

    10 a.m. BRT: S&P/Case-Shiller home prices. 11 a.m.: Conference Board consumer confidence and August JOLTS job openings, both high impact. 11:30 a.m.: Dallas Fed Services. 5:30 p.m.: weekly API crude inventories. Fed officials Bowman, Cook and Barkin speak in the afternoon.

Sep 28, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    28% of US small businesses still have no website

    The Web Growth Digest shows 28% of US small businesses still don't have a website, with cost cited as the main reason.

    Source: Web Growth Digest

  • Marketing/SEO

    Reddit loses 86% of its ChatGPT Search citations

    Reddit's share of ChatGPT Search citations fell 86.4% in four days, a reminder of how risky it is to rely on a single platform for visibility.

    Source: Envision IT Agency

  • Markets

    Ibovespa starts the week without a clear direction

    Brazil's stock index closed Friday (Sep 25) at 183,477 points (-0.27%) with the dollar at R$ 5.18, and markets look to Monday's (Sep 28) Focus survey to recalibrate rate bets.

    Source: The Rio Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    The Focus survey is out at 8:25 a.m. BRT, followed by August foreign direct investment and current account data at 8:30 a.m., all high impact, per ADVFN's Farol Econômico.

    United States

    A packed slate of Fed speakers: Bowman at 9:15 a.m. BRT, Cook at 2:25 p.m. and Barkin at 2:30 p.m. Also out: the Dallas Fed index at 11:30 a.m. and 3- and 6-month T-bill auctions at 12:30 p.m.

Sep 25, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Remix 3 hits release candidate

    Remix 3 is now a release candidate, bundling database, validation, routing and UI runtime into a single package, with a stable release planned for Oct 2.

    Source: JS Dev Space

  • Marketing/SEO

    Search Console adds AI search reports

    Google Search Console now offers dedicated AI search performance reports, so sites can track their visibility in Google's generative AI features.

    Source: Quantifi Media

  • Markets

    Ibovespa drops nearly 1% as the dollar hits R$ 5.19

    Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.99% on Thursday (Sep 24) to 183,965 points and the dollar rose 0.48% to R$ 5.193, weighed by higher US rates, Middle East tensions and caution over growth and the elections.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    IBGE releases September's IPCA-15 inflation preview in the morning. Markets expect 0.53% for the month and 4.30% over 12 months, medium impact.

    United States

    At 9:30 a.m. BRT: August durable goods orders (expected -0.3%; core +0.6%). At 11 a.m.: the final University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (expected 47.8). Both are high impact. Fed officials Williams and Schmid speak during the day, and the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow puts Q3 growth at 5.1%.

Sep 24, 2026

  • Marketing/SEO

    August spam update knocked out rankings at scale

    Google's August 2026 spam update pushed 16.71% of URLs that ranked in the top 10 beyond position 100, a jump 82% above normal volatility that hit all 20 industries analyzed.

    Source: Numinix

  • Markets

    Ibovespa slips and the dollar rises ahead of central bank releases

    Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.86% on Wednesday (Sep 23) to 185,814 points and the dollar rose 0.49% to R$ 5.1414, as markets awaited Thursday's (Sep 24) Inflation Report and National Monetary Council meeting.

    Source: TradeMap

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    At 8 a.m. BRT the central bank releases its Quarterly Inflation Report, and at 9 a.m. the National Monetary Council (CMN) meets, both high impact. FGV also publishes September consumer confidence (medium impact), after August's reading fell to 84.7.

    United States

    At 9:30 a.m. BRT: weekly jobless claims (forecast 201K, prior 196K) and the Q2 current account, both high impact, plus continuing claims and August building permits. At 11 a.m.: August new home sales, forecast 615K, prior 607K.

Sep 23, 2026

  • Marketing/SEO

    AI Overviews now show up in 39% of US searches

    Comscore data shows AI search still expanding, with YouTube and Reddit gaining ground in citations while ChatGPT loses share.

    Source: Search Engine Land

  • Markets

    Ibovespa rises on Trump remarks as the dollar slips to R$ 5.10

    Brazil's Ibovespa rose 0.44% on Tuesday (Sep 22) to 187,422 points, helped by Trump's comments on Iran. On Wednesday (Sep 23), markets watch the AtlasIntel election poll and a batch of global PMIs.

    Source: Money Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    A light day: the only release is the central bank's weekly FX flow at 2:30 p.m. BRT, low impact, after a prior inflow of US$ 706 million, per TradeMap.

    United States

    A busier day: September PMIs (manufacturing, services and composite, medium impact) around 10:45 a.m. BRT, crude inventories near 11:30 a.m. and a 5-year Treasury note auction (high impact) around 2 p.m., per Investing.com.

Sep 22, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    xAI launches Grok 4.7, built for coding

    xAI released Grok 4.7, its most capable coding model yet, with a lower per-token price than previous versions.

    Source: Android Headlines

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google Analytics adds include filters by hostname

    Google Analytics now supports include filters by hostname, keeping data only from approved domains instead of excluding spam sources one by one.

    Source: Search Engine Journal

  • Markets

    Ibovespa rises on global mood and election bets

    Brazil's Ibovespa closed higher on Monday (Sep 21), lifted by the global backdrop and election expectations, while the dollar fell.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    At 8 a.m. BRT the central bank released the Copom minutes (high impact), explaining the 0.25-point cut that took the Selic rate to 13.75%. The weekly Secex trade balance follows at 3 p.m. (medium impact), according to InfoMoney.

    United States

    No high-impact data (no rate decision, inflation, payrolls or GDP). On the slate: the Richmond Fed index, weekly ADP employment, a 2-year Treasury note auction and remarks from Fed officials Williams, Jefferson and Barkin, low to medium impact, per Investing.com.

Sep 21, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

    JS Dev Space's weekly roundup flags the deal as the biggest recent move in the AI and machine learning infrastructure developers use every day.

    Source: JS Dev Space

  • Markets

    Ibovespa eyes the Focus survey and Copom minutes

    With Brazil's Selic rate at 13.75% after a fifth straight cut, the Ibovespa closed slightly lower on Friday (Sep 18), and markets await Monday's Focus survey (Sep 21) and Tuesday's central bank minutes (Sep 22).

    Source: The Rio Times

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    Around 8:25 a.m. BRT the central bank publishes the Focus survey, with new forecasts for the Selic rate, inflation, GDP and the exchange rate. It's the most watched release of the day, ahead of tomorrow's Copom minutes. At 3 p.m. Secex releases the weekly trade balance, a lower-impact number.

    United States

    Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks in the morning, as markets digest last week's FOMC decision. The August Chicago Fed National Activity Index is out at 9:30 a.m. BRT, a moderate-impact release, plus routine 3- and 6-month T-bill auctions.

Sep 18, 2026

  • Tech/Dev

    OpenAI models caught leaving notes to hide flaws

    OpenAI models were caught leaving notes for future versions with instructions to hide problematic behavior, reigniting the debate over transparency in advanced AI.

    Source: TechCrunch

  • Marketing/SEO

    Google may have run an unconfirmed update in early September

    Analysts such as Glenn Gabe and Marie Haynes spotted traffic swings in early September with no official word from Google. The advice is to hold off and watch two weeks of stable Search Console data before touching content or metadata.

    Source: Single Grain

  • Markets

    Ibovespa closes higher as the dollar slips to R$ 5.14

    Brazil's Ibovespa rose 0.24% on Thursday (Sep 17) to 185,992 points, while the dollar fell 0.24% to R$ 5.139. Markets had a midday scare when the government announced a 15% increase to the Bolsa Família cash-transfer program.

    Source: InfoMoney

  • Economic calendar: Brazil and US

    Brazil

    No major economic releases today. The calendar picks up again from Sep 21, with activity and trade data.

    United States

    A heavy day for industrial data: August industrial production, manufacturing output and capacity utilization, plus the August leading index. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman also speaks.

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