Global Economy Briefing
Eurozone services PMI hit 47.4 as composite fell to 48.6—contraction territory. US manufacturing surged to 54.0. Key global economy data...
April 24, 2026Section
North America
The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.
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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, April 23, 2026
US-Canada brief: S&P and Nasdaq hit records then fell on tanker news. 81% beat earnings but reactions brutal. Trump orders...
April 23, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
US and Canada intelligence brief: Warsh vows not to be Trump's "sock puppet" but proposes "regime change" at Fed. Nasdaq...
April 22, 2026
86% of US CEOs Treat Trump’s Tariffs as Permanent: PwC Survey
PwC's April 2026 survey finds 86% of US CEOs now treat Trump tariffs as a permanent planning assumption expected to...
April 22, 2026
Global Economy Briefing
Global economy briefing: ZEW collapses to -17.2, US retail sales beat at 1.7%, Trump extends ceasefire. Copom in 7 days....
April 22, 2026
Hormuz Diplomacy Enters Its Final 24 Hours
Xi broke silence on Hormuz in rare Saudi call as the US-Iran ceasefire approaches April 22 expiration and Islamabad talks...
April 21, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief April 21: Canada sentiment slump, US housing data, Warsh Fed hearing, Powell transition, cross-border policy...
April 21, 2026
Warsh Faces Senate With Powell Still Holding the Chair
Trump Fed nominee Kevin Warsh told the Senate the central bank must "stay in its lane" and avoid fiscal and...
April 21, 2026
Anthropic Locks In 5 Gigawatts of AWS Compute for a Decade
$100B over 10 years, 5 gigawatts of AWS compute: Anthropic's mega-deal with Amazon reaches $33B total investment. What it means...
April 21, 2026