The Economy Underneath the Noise: America’s Quiet Freeze
Past the Fed market drama, the real US signal was a frozen labor market and a stalled housing sector. The...
June 19, 2026Section
US-Canada & Latin America
From tariffs and migration to investment, remittances and the dollar, no relationship shapes Latin America more than the one with the United States and Canada. The Rio Times covers the trade, policy and capital ties binding North America to the region – the lens that reads both ends.
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Chips Come Home? The US Reshoring Bet and Its Limits
A claimed Apple-Intel deal to build advanced chips in America is unconfirmed by either company. What the reshoring bet would...
June 19, 2026
The Warsh Doctrine: A New Fed Chair Remakes the Institution
New Fed chair Kevin Warsh held rates but cut the statement to 130 words and dropped forward guidance. A central...
June 19, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA and Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday: markets reeled then steadied after Warsh's hawkish Fed turn, but the day's deeper...
June 18, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA and Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: the Fed's verdict lands with a near-certain hold and a dot plot poised...
June 17, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA and Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: US housing starts collapsed to a five-year low as high rates bit hard,...
June 16, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — SpaceX completes the largest stock-market debut ever, the Paramount-Warner deal clears, hot US inflation,...
June 13, 2026
Half of Americans Shrug at the World Cup on Their Own Soil
Surveys show nearly half of Americans are not interested in the World Cup their country is hosting, a striking gap...
June 12, 2026
The World Cup Tourism Windfall Has Not Arrived for US Hosts
The World Cup tourism boom US cities counted on has not arrived, with hotels cutting forecasts and flight bookings down...
June 12, 2026