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Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – The United States Coast Guard confirmed on Sunday it was pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration continued to target vessels connected to the Venezuelan government. On Saturday, the White […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canadian retail sales decreased 0.2 per cent in October to C$69.4 billion, reported Statistics Canada. Sales at beer, wine and liquor retailers were down 10.6 per cent. Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Inflation in the United States saw an unexpected slowdown in November, coming in at 2.7 per cent from 3.0 per cent in September. The October report was missed due to the government shutdown, while the November numbers were […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a naval blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, a week after the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the South American country’s coast. The latest move […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Crude oil prices slipped to their lowest levels in over six months on Tuesday, as optimism over peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine weighed on values. Weak economic data out of China was also […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.2 per cent on an annual basis in November, which was in line with the October reading, reported Statistics Canada. Grocery price inflation came in at 4.7 per cent which compared with […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. With now former Conservative MP Michael Ma having crossed the House of Commons floor to join the governing Liberals on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney is one seat away from having a majority. […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Dominic LeBlanc, the federal Minister Responsible for Canada-United States Trade, told the Canadian Press on Wednesday that he believes U.S. President Donald Trump won’t tear up the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. LeBlanc’s comments came after […] Read more

Reading Time: 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. There were no changes to the Bank of Canada’s key interest rates on Wednesday. The BoC opted to freeze its rates at 2.25 per cent as economic trends improved, In October, the central […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to slap “very severe tariffs” on imports of Canadian-made fertilizer as a means to bolster domestic production. Trump’s comments came a day after he alluded […] Read more