Daily Brief | August 18th 2025

#IntercamNews ✅ This week brings several key events: Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, the FOMC monetary policy minutes, and the Bank of Mexico’s monetary policy minutes. ✅ European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelensky to meet with Donald Trump in Washington, in an effort to strengthen Zelensky’s position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end the war. ✅ Trade advisor Peter Navarro described India’s purchases of Russian crude as “corrosive” and threatened 50% tariffs on Indian exports, complicating bilateral trade deal negotiations.