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Stimulus talks continue to be not over, it's presidential debate day, and little improvement expected in jobless claims.

Deadlines have passed, negotiations have started and stopped and started again, and now with only a dozen days to the election there still is talking without an agreement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will have further discussions today aimed at resolving any open questions in the deal, which White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says will total $1.9 trillion. The main blockage remains in the Senate where Republican members have balked at the size of the spending bill and where there is resistance to holding a vote before the election, and even this year at all.