Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian health officials are disputing China’s claim that the country’s first discovered case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant was linked to mail from Toronto. Chinese health authorities said on Monday that a case of Omicron in Beijing may […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a report released by Statistics Canada on Monday, Canada’s manufacturing sales rose 2.6 per cent to C$63.1 billion in November. Sales of primary metal products jumped 5.8 per cent to a record-breaking C$5.8 billion, while petroleum and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – All truckers, including Canadian truckers, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 when crossing the Canada/United States border, the federal government clarified on Friday. A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a sudden about-face, the Canadian government backed away on Wednesday afternoon from its strong assertion that truckers crossing the border with the United States would need to quarantined for […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Inflation in the United States hit a 40-year high, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index climbed 0.5 per cent in December, which pushed […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prior to appearing before the United States Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell publicly acknowledged that inflation has exacted a toll on “those less able […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Negotiations between the United States and Russia began on Monday with the focus on Ukraine. Fears that a large Russian troop build-up along the border with Ukraine could lead to […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has reportedly authorized law enforcement in the country to ‘shoot to kill’ protestors in an effort to quell unrest in the former Soviet republic. In a televised address, Tokayev […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Escalating protests in Kazakhstan left dozens of demonstrators and at least 12 police dead, according to reports out of the country. Initially triggered by rising fuel costs, the protests have evolved into a […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Five of the largest superpowers in the world released a joint statement on Monday pledging to work together to banish nuclear weapons. China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and France, permanent members of the United Nations […] Read more