Europe Intelligence Brief August 19, 2026: Britain’s Energy Bill Lands, Sweden Barely Notices
Europe Intelligence Brief August 19: British inflation rose to 2.9% on a 13% energy cap rise, with July rates running...
August 19, 2026From the euro and the ECB to the Frankfurt, Paris and London exchanges, Europe’s markets and macro decisions ripple across the world. The Rio Times tracks the indices, the euro and sterling, growth and inflation data, and the two-speed split reshaping the continent’s economy – through an emerging-market lens, with an eye on what it means for Latin American capital.
Europe Intelligence Brief August 19: British inflation rose to 2.9% on a 13% energy cap rise, with July rates running...
August 19, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for 18 August: German expectations jump to 34.2 while ZEW names the Rhine as the risk, and...
August 18, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 17: euro area yield dispersion sits at historic lows despite war, heat and divergent inflation, before...
August 17, 2026
German companies put just US$5 billion of new US investment to work in the first half of 2026, the lowest...
August 17, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 15: a Dutch bank estimates heat and drought could cost the EU about €180 billion this...
August 15, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 14: the euro area grew 0.4% in the second quarter, matching the United States exactly,...
August 14, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 13: Spanish inflation was revised up to 3.9% while German prices sit at 2.8% and...
August 13, 2026
Germany’s fuel subsidy end pushed pump prices up 11.2% in a month. For Latin America, it shows how ending a...
August 13, 2026
Germany and Italy share the euro but not the same core inflation, and the gap shows Latin America how hard...
August 13, 2026