Global markets

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   A world-wide technology outage temporarily closed operations in thousands of McDonald’s outlets on Friday. Reports said online and app orders were halted until the problem was resolved. Stores were affected in […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada reported on Thursday that manufacturing sales in January bumped up 0.2 per cent from December at C$71.1 billion. There were increases in 11 of the 21 subsectors tracked, with […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   As a bill in the United States House of Representatives to ban the social media app TikTok is set to pass with bipartisan support on Wednesday, China warned of repercussions. “This […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger on Tuesday, hitting its highest levels in two-and-a-half months. Chart-based positioning was a feature, as values moved above some key moving averages and speculators covered some of their record large short positions in canola. Talk of increased Chinese demand was […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Rising gasoline and shelter costs contributed to increased inflation in the United States in February, with the country’s consumer price index up by 0.4 per cent during the month and 3.2 per […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   As Ramadan is set to begin for Palestinians on Monday, Israel and Hamas had yet to agree to the ceasefire in Gaza. With the Muslim holy month to continue into April, […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada’s unemployment rate was up by 0.1 percentage points in February, to come in at 5.8 per cent, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The rise came despite 41,000 new jobs […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Three people were killed in attacks by Houthi rebels on a cargo vessel in the Red Sea Thursday, marking the first civilian fatalities from the months-long campaign by the Iranian-backed Yemeni militants in […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign after losing to Donald Trump in 14 of the 15 states that held Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, March 5. With Haley stepping aside, that […] Read more

Global Markets: China sets 5% growth target   By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   China has set a five per cent economic growth target for 2024, Premier Li Qiang announced at the annual meeting of the National People’s […] Read more