(Bloomberg) -- A discussion of the day's Bloomberg BRIEF. You can read analysis and other news, market data and expert commentary from the world's most trusted economists and analysts in the Bloomberg BRIEF digital newsletters. Subscribe through bloombergbriefs.com or the Bloomberg Terminal function {BRIEF}.\u0010\u0010GUEST:\u0010Bloomberg Intelligence's Carl Riccadonna, Chief US Economist, and Felipe Hernandez, Bloomberg Intelligence's Latin American Economist, on today's economic news: Columbia raising interest rates and US Consumer Spending numbers.