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Americas · event map· 15 items · 4 high importance

News · Mexico's USMCA move — 21/09News · Selic cut and election uncertainty — 16/09News · US oil producers enter the Orinoco — 16/09News · 153 million licence scans stolen — 10/09News · US second-phase chip tariff — 02/09News · Dot plot and the retreat in yields — 17/09 (+8)9News · US 10Y at 5.04%: highest since 2007 — 15/09 (+1)2News · Drought restrictions at the Panama Canal — 15/09News · Canada–US tariff war escalates — 08/09 (+1)2News · Venezuelan oil passes to US control — 02/09Analysis · EM risk premiums widened together on 21 Sept — 22/09 (+1)2

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HighI Geo-Economics17 Sept

Carney welcomed the EU's first associate membership offer in Strasbourg; 70% of Canadian goods go to the United States

The 'associate member' status opened up by von der Leyen on 16 September is a new category without precedent in the EU treaties; Trump described the offer as a hostile act.

17 September 2026 · STRASBOURG

MediumIV Macro & Debt21 Sept

Argentina's country risk climbs to 533 basis points as an IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires for the third review

MediumIV Macro & Debt21 Sept

The Fed's Goolsbee: if inflation is coming from demand, the rate response will be sharper and front-loaded

MediumI Geo-Economics21 Sept

Sheinbaum: Mexico will buy more from the United States and cut Chinese imports for the sake of the USMCA

MediumIV Macro & Debt17 Sept

Argentina's economy contracted 0.6% in the second quarter and unemployment hit 7.9%, the highest since 2021

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21/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasArgentina's country risk climbs to 533 basis points as an IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires for the third review21/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasThe Fed's Goolsbee: if inflation is coming from demand, the rate response will be sharper and front-loaded21/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsAmericasSheinbaum: Mexico will buy more from the United States and cut Chinese imports for the sake of the USMCA17/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasArgentina's economy contracted 0.6% in the second quarter and unemployment hit 7.9%, the highest since 202117/09HighI Geo-EconomicsAmericasCarney welcomed the EU's first associate membership offer in Strasbourg; 70% of Canadian goods go to the United States17/09HighIV Macro & DebtAmericasFed dot plot median for 2026 rises to 4.00-4.25% while the 10-year yield eases from 5.04% to 4.94%16/0921:00HighIV Macro & DebtAmericasFed raises its target range to 3.75–4.00% in its first rate hike since July 202316/0917:30LowI Geo-EconomicsAmericasEIA: US commercial crude stocks fall to 423.4 million barrels, strategic reserve at 285 million barrels16/09LowIV Macro & DebtAmericasGold recovers from a six-week low driven by rising yields, climbing to 4,311 dollars16/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasBrazil's central bank expected to cut the Selic from 14% to 13.75% at its last meeting before the 4 October elections16/09HighII Cyber & InfrastructureAmericasCISA added a Cisco ISE zero-day scored CVSS 10.0 to the KEV catalogue and gave federal agencies 3 days16/09MediumI Geo-EconomicsAmericasContinental Resources signs memorandum with PDVSA for the 30 billion barrel Ayacucho 2 block in the Orinoco Belt15/09HighIV Macro & DebtAmericasUS 10-year yield hits 5.04%, its highest level since July 200715/09HighI Geo-EconomicsAmericasPanama Canal cuts its daily transit cap to 34 on 3 September and to 32 on 15 September because of El Niño-driven drought15/09HighI Geo-EconomicsAmericasAhead of the Trump–Xi summit, the US and China discuss tariff cuts and a one-year extension of the truce11/0915:30MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasUS headline inflation rises to 3.4% in August while core inflation eases to 2.4%10/09MediumII Cyber & InfrastructureAmericas153 million US and Canadian driving licence scans stolen from identity verification company IDScan08/09HighV Tech & AIAmericasUS intelligence agencies accuse six Chinese AI companies of distilling American models on an industrial scale08/09HighI Geo-EconomicsAmericasCanada begins imposing counter-tariffs of 15–50% on 27.6 billion dollars of US goods in response to 50% US Section 338 tariffs08/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasCentral Bank of Chile holds its rate at 4.5% and cuts its 2026 growth forecast to 0.25–0.75%, highlighting stagflation risk04/0915:30MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasUS adds 162,000 jobs in August as July figure is revised into positive territory02/09MediumIV Macro & DebtAmericasBank of Canada holds its policy rate at 2.25% for a seventh consecutive time, citing Middle East-driven energy prices and US tariffs02/09MediumV Tech & AIAmericasUS Commerce Secretary Lutnick confirms second-phase chip tariffs: those not manufacturing in the US will pay02/09HighI Geo-EconomicsAmericasVenezuela's National Assembly approves an agreement handing 17 oil fields to US-backed NABEP for 100 years