USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — May 15, 2026
Friday closed the week Kevin Warsh took the Fed on a 54-45 Senate vote, the S&P 500 broke above 7,500...
May 15, 2026The Federal Reserve sets the price of money for the entire world, and the US economy’s signals – jobs, inflation, growth, sentiment – decide where global capital flows. The Rio Times covers the Fed, the dollar and US macro data through an emerging-market lens, because nothing moves Latin American rates and currencies more.
Friday closed the week Kevin Warsh took the Fed on a 54-45 Senate vote, the S&P 500 broke above 7,500...
May 15, 2026
Wednesday saw North American markets digesting a hot April PPI print. The S&P 500 closed Tuesday at 7,400.96 (-0.16%); Nasdaq...
May 13, 2026
April CPI rose 3.8% YoY—highest since May 2023—sending Nasdaq futures down 1% and oil past $101. What it means for...
May 12, 2026
S&P 500 hits record 7,300, DRAM ETF surges 30% in a week, CPI due Tuesday, and Warsh Fed vote looms...
May 11, 2026
302,000 signatures filed May 4 — far above the 177,732 needed — pushing Alberta's independence vote to October 19. What...
May 11, 2026
US nonfarm payrolls rose 115,000 in April against a 65,000 consensus while unemployment held at 4.3 percent, but the BLS...
May 8, 2026
USA-Canada Pulse May 6: AMD +16% on AI chip guidance; ADP +109K beats; SEC ends mandatory quarterly reports; Carney-Sheinbaum CUSMA...
May 6, 2026
Trump paused the Project Freedom Hormuz convoy on May 5, 2026, one day after it began, citing Iran deal progress....
May 6, 2026
USA-Canada Pulse May 5: Section 122 tariffs expire July 24; Magnificent 7 $725B capex; Powell stays on Fed Board; Carney...
May 5, 2026