Global markets

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Feb. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   An unidentified flying object over Lake Huron was shot down by United States fighter jets on Sunday, marking the fourth incident of a mysterious flying object in North American airspace in a […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that the country’s economy added 150,000 jobs in January, well beyond pre-report expectations. It was the fifth consecutive month of job gains with 326,000 jobs added since September. Employment increased in five […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada (BoC) released the deliberation notes behind its last key interest rate hike last month. The bank’s six-person Governing Council, which includes BoC Governor Tiff Macklem, met five times starting on Jan. 18 […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – For the first time ever, the Bank of Canada (BoC) will release a summary of its deliberations on the central bank’s latest key interest rate hike on Wednesday. On Jan. 25, the BoC increased the rate by 25 […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Emergency personnel from nearly 30 countries went into Turkey and Syria after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck both countries on Monday, with the death toll expected to surpass 5,000 and the injured totalling more than 23,000. Turkish President […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale, devastated southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 1,900 people. Hundreds of others are still believed to be under rubble after numerous buildings collapsed. The United […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Feb. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   When Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland meets with her provincial counterparts on Friday, she will ask them to work together on a plan to defend against the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Feb. 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Winter tightened its grip on the United States this week, with Arctic temperatures across the Northern Plains and ice storms in Texas and the Northeast. On Thursday, there were up to […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Feb. 1 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The United States Federal Reserve will make its latest interest rate announcement at 1 pm CST on Wednesday, with market expectations keyed in on a 25-basis point increase. That would bring […] Read more

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Jan. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The four entities involved in the deal for Rogers Communications to acquire Shaw Communications agreed on Monday to push back their deadline from tomorrow to Feb. 17. Last week, the Federal […] Read more