USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: US inflation hit 4.2% but its core cooled, the Bank of Canada held rates a fifth time, and both central banks found themselves frozen by an energy-driven price spike.

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Monday: Canada has slipped into a technical recession, making Wednesday's rate decision a genuine coin toss, while a US inflation report the…

America's consumer prices surged in May, reaching their highest in three years. This jump, fueled by rising gasoline costs due to Middle East conflict, gives the Federal Reserve…