Global Markets: Biden to visit Canada tomorrow

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Joe Biden will make his first official in-person visit to Canada on Thursday before becoming the eighth U.S. President to address Parliament on Friday. Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to discuss […] Read more


Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate drops

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Tuesday morning that Canada’s inflation rate declined to 5.2 per cent in February, down from 5.9 per cent from the month before. StatCan noted that the decline was due to a high monthly […] Read more

Global Markets: UBS to buy Credit Suisse

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced on Sunday that UBS will purchase its rival Credit Suisse in an acquisition designed to calm global markets rattled by the latter’s struggles. In a move orchestrated by SNB’s regulators, UBS will […] Read more



Global Markets: CP Rail completes acquisition

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) received approval from the United States Transportation Board on Wednesday to complete its US$27 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, creating the only railway to serve Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The deal […] Read more


Global Markets: Drone crash details unclear

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The details of an incident that saw a Russian fighter jet collide with a United States surveillance drone over the Black Sea remain unclear, with both sides offering conflicting reports blaming the […] Read more

Global Markets: Garbage piles up in France

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   A strike by French sanitation workers hit its ninth day Tuesday, with garbage piling up on Paris streets and other cities in the country. The workers are protesting a bill that would […] Read more



Global Markets: Job growth slows in Canada, U.S.

But more jobs could mean more interest rate hikes

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that 21,800 jobs were added to the country’s economy in February. That was more than double the expectations from economists and kept Canada’s unemployment rate […] Read more