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GRAHAM ACT ORDER · WHITE HOUSE
Graham Act Russia-Iran tariffs and sanctions order
DUTIES WAIVED · OIL CUTOFF 18 OCT
FR DOC. 2026-17183 · SEC
SEC Regulation Crypto Assets offering exemptions
COMMENTS DUE 20 OCT
FOMC · FEDERAL RESERVE
October FOMC rate decision
DECISION 28 OCT · 2:00 PM ET

The Numbers

Official data, refreshed automatically All data →
Debt
40.39
$ trillions · 15 OCT 2026
10-year yield
5.09
percent · 16 OCT 2026
30-year mortgage
7.40
percent · 15 OCT 2026
CPI inflation
3.7
percent, 12-month change · SEP 2026
Unemployment
4.2
percent · SEP 2026

Coming Up

Deadlines and decisions in the next ten days Full calendar →
SUN 18 OCT Tracker Graham Act Russia-Iran tariffs and sanctions order: DUTIES WAIVED · OIL CUTOFF 18 OCT MON 19 OCT Takes effect Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Staffing TUE 20 OCT Tracker SEC Regulation Crypto Assets offering exemptions: COMMENTS DUE 20 OCT TUE 20 OCT Comment deadline Regulation Crypto Assets WED 21 OCT Treasury auction 19-Year 10-Month Bond auction · $13B THU 22 OCT Treasury auction 5-Year Note auction · $26B MON 26 OCT Treasury auction 2-Year Note auction

Recent Files

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26-0044 Regulation OCC finds debanking at all nine big banks; the CFPB opens its own file 18 OCT 26-0043 Regulation Crypto’s 48-hour comment crunch: GENIUS rules Monday, SEC and CFTC Tuesday 18 OCT 26-0042 Jobs & Prices States can outsource job-center staff starting Monday: the labor rules week 18 OCT 26-0041 Trade & Tariffs Lumber, truck bed covers, graphite electrodes: Commerce’s Oct. 19 duty docket 17 OCT 26-0040 Budget & Taxes The FAR rewrite’s comment window shuts Monday: what changes in how Washington buys 17 OCT 26-0039 Budget & Taxes Trump Account fund rules close for comment Tuesday; Treasury’s borrowing advisers meet Nov. 3 17 OCT 26-0038 The Fed Ten days to Oct. 28: the Fed’s last week of data before a hike-or-hold call 17 OCT 26-0037 Jobs & Prices Layoffs at 199,000 a week: why jobless claims aren’t confirming the hiring stall 17 OCT

The Fed

All The Fed files →
White marble Federal Reserve Eccles Building behind trees, flowers and street lamps under a blue sky
26-0038 · FOMC
Ten days to Oct. 28: the Fed’s last week of data before a hike-or-hold call
17 OCT · Analysis
White marble facade of the Federal Reserve's Eccles Building under a blue sky, with a flag atop
26-0034 · Bank Regulation
Bowman’s post-SVB playbook: fewer findings, faster decisions for Fed examiners
17 OCT · Analysis
Front facade of the white marble Eccles Building with an American flag on top under a blue sky
26-0028 · Interest Rates
Discount rate minutes: the Reserve Bank record behind the September hike
16 OCT · Analysis

Budget & Taxes

All Budget & Taxes files →
Stone steps leading to the entrance of the GSA Headquarters Building in Washington
26-0040 · Federal Spending
The FAR rewrite’s comment window shuts Monday: what changes in how Washington buys
17 OCT · Explainer
Aerial view of the columned U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington
26-0039 · Tax Law
Trump Account fund rules close for comment Tuesday; Treasury’s borrowing advisers meet Nov. 3
17 OCT · Explainer
Large neoclassical IRS headquarters building with columns on Constitution Avenue, cars in the foreground.
26-0036 · Tax Law
IRS card payments without the middleman: the final rule takes effect Monday
17 OCT · Explainer

Trade & Tariffs

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Aerial photograph of the Port of Miami Container Port
26-0041 · Trade Remedies
Lumber, truck bed covers, graphite electrodes: Commerce’s Oct. 19 duty docket
17 OCT · Analysis
Department of State sign on a green lawn in front of the Harry S. Truman Building
26-0035 · Sanctions
Graham Act order sets a 500% Russia tariff, then waives it in the same text
17 OCT · Analysis
Stone facade and arched entrance of the U.S. Department of Commerce building
26-0030 · Antidumping Duties
Dissolving pulp: Commerce sets final duty rates for Brazil and Norway
16 OCT · News

Jobs & Prices

All Jobs & Prices files →
HUD Displays, Staff at Job Fair - (HUD representatives, displays, promotions for) Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program at Job Fair, Washington, D.C. Convention Center - DPLA - 88ab2acf9ff240fba986e70fd3102d42
26-0042 · Workforce Policy
States can outsource job-center staff starting Monday: the labor rules week
18 OCT · Explainer
Brick facade of the Texas Workforce Commission office in Austin with landscaped entrance
26-0037 · Jobs Report
Layoffs at 199,000 a week: why jobless claims aren’t confirming the hiring stall
17 OCT · Analysis
Bunches of parsley and green onions on a supermarket shelf with a 99-cent price tag
26-0027 · Inflation
Producer prices jumped 1.3% in September, twice the pace of the CPI
16 OCT · Data

Regulation

All Regulation files →
Cleveland Trust Company Building, Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH
26-0044 · Bank Regulation
OCC finds debanking at all nine big banks; the CFPB opens its own file
18 OCT · Analysis
New York Stock Exchange August 2017 02
26-0043 · Crypto & Stablecoins
Crypto’s 48-hour comment crunch: GENIUS rules Monday, SEC and CFTC Tuesday
18 OCT · Analysis
Casino sportsbook with wall of TV screens and odds boards above rows of seats
26-0033 · Prediction Markets
Event contracts are swaps, casino bets are not: the CFTC draws its line
17 OCT · Analysis
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