Iran's foreign minister said the country's conditions are clear and were submitted to the US as a seven-day plan; Washington has provided comments and Tehran is still responding.

BofA said in an Oct. 16 report that Indian price pressures are moving beyond food, and wholesale price gains are likely to transmit to consumer prices within 3–6 months. September WPI rose 11.4% YoY, up from August’s 9.9% and the highest in 49 months; headline CPI accelerated to 5.5% YoY from 4.8% (a 23-month high), driven by broad food-price increases. Core inflation excluding PRECIOUS metals rose to 3.3% YoY from 2.9%, indicating diffusion beyond food. BofA continues to expect the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA to raise rates by a cumulative 75 bps in this cycle; further pass-through risks warrant monitoring.

Blue Origin targets multiple weekly New Glenn heavy-launches by 2030 to challenge SpaceX's lead in the global launch market. The plan calls for large-scale expansion of manufacturing, launch infrastructure and operational reliability. The company has invested more than $3.0 billion at its Florida production and rocket-integration facility and plans an additional $330 million expansion to support a higher-capacity New Glenn variant.