USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 11: four days after weak jobs data killed rate-hike bets, an oil rally revived them, with the 30-year TreasuryNow Published in Two Editions USA Intelligence Brief · USA Intelligence Dossier You’re reading the Brief — today’s hemisphere at a glance, free, every weekday. USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 11 — On Friday America decided its central bank would not be raising rates, and by Tuesday it had changed its mind. USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 11. More from the Rio Times Intelligence Desk on August 11: the Africa Intelligence Brief, the Asia Intelligence Brief and the Europe Intelligence Brief. For how these stories developed, see the USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 10 and the USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 7.