Global Economy Briefing — June 4, 2026
The S&P 500 snapped its longest winning streak in a year as fresh US-Iran strikes drove oil back toward $96...
June 4, 2026The Global Economy Briefing is The Rio Times’ daily read on the world’s macro picture and what it means for Latin America. Each edition covers the Federal Reserve and major central banks, U.S. and European data, China’s growth, oil and commodity prices, and the currency and rate moves that ripple into emerging markets. It connects global developments to the Brazilian real, the Mexican peso and the region’s equities and bonds. This hub archives every Global Economy Briefing – browse the latest below for a clear, English-language guide to the international forces driving Latin American markets.
The S&P 500 snapped its longest winning streak in a year as fresh US-Iran strikes drove oil back toward $96...
June 4, 2026
US job openings surged to a near two-year high while the S&P 500 cleared 7,600 for the first time, with...
June 3, 2026
All three US indices closed at records on Nvidia's new PC chip and a four-year-high ISM Manufacturing print, yet oil...
June 2, 2026
Dow hits 51,032 for the first time, S&P 500 logs a 9th straight winning week, German CPI drops to 2.6%,...
May 30, 2026
Headline PCE rose to 3.8%, a three-year high, while the S&P 500 closed at a record 7,563.63 on US-Iran ceasefire...
May 29, 2026
The Dow hit a fresh record as oil cratered another 5.5% on an unconfirmed Iran report that Hormuz traffic would...
May 28, 2026
The post-holiday reopen produced records, but the breadth told a more complicated story. Micron jumped about 19% and crossed a...
May 27, 2026
Brent crude crashed ~6% on US–Iran de-escalation hopes, lifting Asia and Europe to records while US markets sat out Memorial...
May 26, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026