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.