Late-Fee Rules, PCE Week, and a December Funding Clock

Sunday brief: credit-card late fees can legally rise above voluntary $8 charges, FBI impersonation alerts, Wednesday’s PCE inflation test, the December 11 CR deadline, an IV saline recall, and TSA’s $45 ConfirmID fallback.

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Households face higher card penalty risk after courts vacated the CFPB’s $8 late-fee cap, while markets look to Wednesday’s PCE report and travelers without REAL ID weigh a $45 TSA verification fee.

CFPB reopened data collection on credit-card late fees while Regulation Z still allows up to $41 on repeat missed payments.
FBI PSA 260917 warns fake uniforms and spoofed caller IDs in law-enforcement impersonation scams topping $1.6 billion in reported losses.
August PCE arrives Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET with revisions, setting up another Fed hike debate before Friday’s jobs report.
Federal agencies run on a continuing resolution through December 11 after the September 2 signing, with midterms on November 3 in between.
Otsuka ICU Medical recalled lot 1042188 saline bags over a potassium chloride overwrap mix-up flagged by FDA.
TSA ConfirmID charges $45 for a 10-day identity check when travelers lack REAL ID-compliant documents at domestic checkpoints.

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Wall Street Waits on BEA August PCE Inflation Gauge Due Wednesday Morning

With U.S. equity markets closed for the weekend, investors are positioning for Wednesday’s August PCE report—consensus near 3.8 percent headline and 3.4 percent core—plus a batch of Fed speeches before Friday’s jobs data.

Nina Okonkwo Sep 27, 2026