USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, April 17, 2026
US Canada brief: Bessent launches financial warfare on Iran via China banks. Senate rejects war halt. Jobless claims beat at...
April 17, 2026US tariffs, sanctions and trade policy now reshape global commerce by the week – and Latin America is directly in the blast radius, from Brazil tariffs to Mexico’s border economy. The Rio Times covers Washington’s trade and economic policy and its emerging-market fallout.
US Canada brief: Bessent launches financial warfare on Iran via China banks. Senate rejects war halt. Jobless claims beat at...
April 17, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: PepsiCo beats on price cuts, first volume growth in two years. Wyden blasts IRS as Direct...
April 16, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: What Matters Today 1 The banking K-shape crystallised this morning — Bank of America shattered Q1...
April 15, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: What Matters Today 1 The most concentrated financial sector reporting day of the year is underway...
April 14, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Consumer confidence crashes to all-time low 47.6. Q1 earnings begin tomorrow with JPMorgan, Goldman. 65% expect...
April 13, 2026
Trump called Pope León XIV "weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy" over his criticism of the Iran war...
April 13, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: March CPI hits 3.3% but core tame at 2.6%. Warsh hearing delayed, Powell may stay. CUSMA...
April 10, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Anthropic's Project Glasswing finds thousands of zero-days. Powell's term expires May. Ontario budget .9B electricity. Fed...
April 9, 2026
USA Canada intelligence brief: Fed rate cut odds jump to 43%. Dimon warns inflation is the skunk at the party....
April 8, 2026