• U.S. M&A announcements fell 1.7% to 1,201 in September 2026 from August.
• Aggregate deal spending dropped 27.5% month over month.
• Deal activity declined in 13 of 21 sectors over the past three months compared with the same period a year earlier.
• NVIDIA's $11.9 billion agreement to acquire Hugging Face led September's announced deals.
• GE Aerospace's agreement to buy Consolidated Precision Products ranked second at $11.8 billion.

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