USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 14, 2026: The Spending Cracked
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 14: American retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the steepest drop since May...
August 14, 2026Wall Street sets the global risk appetite, and when it moves, emerging markets move with it. The Rio Times tracks the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, the dollar, Treasury yields, IPOs and the deals driving US and Canadian markets – through an emerging-market lens, with an eye on how every Wall Street swing reaches Latin American assets.
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 14: American retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the steepest drop since May...
August 14, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 13: American producer prices were flat in July and the annual rate fell...
August 13, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 12: American inflation eased to 3.4% but still outpaced wage growth of 3.2%,...
August 12, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 11: four days after weak jobs data killed rate-hike bets, an oil rally...
August 11, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 10: American shares closed at a record after their best week since April,...
August 10, 2026
Two federal judges cleared the end of TPS for South Sudan and Myanmar on 7 August. The same ruling now...
August 8, 2026
US Colombia military cooperation is being rebuilt with the new government, but no agreement has been signed and the sanctions...
August 7, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief, August 4, 2026: 50% Section 338 tariffs hit Canada on 19 August, AI selloff, Fed...
August 4, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief, August 3, 2026: a 25% US tariff on Brazil, Amazon lifts Wall Street, an Iran-linked...
August 3, 2026