Global markets

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Bank of Canada slashed its key interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday, lowering its overnight and deposit rates to 3.25 per cent and its bank rate to 3.75 […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Twenty-six-year-old Luigi Mangione was arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Monday. Mangione was spotted by a customer at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Penn. and arrested by police. Thompson […] Read more

The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fled the country and was granted political asylum in Russia after Syrian rebels overthrew Assad’s government over the weekend. The rebels, led by former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham, reached Damascus, freed prisoners and toppled Assad, […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada added 51,000 jobs in November, although the unemployment rate still increased by 0.3 percentage points at 6.8 per cent, as more people looked for work, reported Statistics Canada. Meanwhile, the United States Labor Department […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted Wednesday night in a no-confidence vote that saw far-right and far-left lawmakers in the country join forces to oust Barnier and his cabinet over opposition to the proposed […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Martial law was short-lived in South Korea, as opposition parties unanimously voted to lift the order made by President Yoon Suk Yeul. The opposition parties have now submitted a joint motion to impeach Yoon, with […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law” on Tuesday, as he accused opposition parties of sympathizing with North Korea and engaging in anti-state activities. After narrowly winning the […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, going back on previous promises that he would not use the powers of the presidency to benefit his family. Hunter Biden was facing possible prison […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Canadian real gross domestic product continued to grow in 2024, expanding by 0.3 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. In the first and second quarters […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers met in a virtual conference on Wednesday, discussing the tariff threat from the incoming Trump administration. Premiers representing the broad political spectrum […] Read more