A quiet Monday opened one of the most important weeks of the year for the US economy. The central bank meets, and its decision lands on Wednesday.

Today’s first numbers already showed a slowing factory sector with prices still high. In Canada, fresh data will test whether its recession is finally ending.

Today’s USA & Canada Intelligence Brief covers the two economies’ finance, markets, jobs, and policy. We pulled it together from US and Canadian sources, and we have kept it to home affairs.

United States — The Fed’s Hard Week

A Decision Looms