The Business News Headlines 16 October 2026

Will the Fed raise rates at their next meeting? Fed Chair Kevin Warsh gives zero clues and that's where we start this evening. This is the Business News Headlines for Friday the 16th day of October and thank you for being here again. In other news, the markets fall again and China moves to curb tech exports including AI. The President and his expanded portfolio of drug companies come under scrutiny. In Illinois a medical debt relief program has been working and we’ll share how well. Some baseball news about something that has not happened since 1991. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and you know that Apple folding phone? We have new news.

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