Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, May 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States jobs data for April came in well below expectations, with only 266,000 jobs added to the country’s economy, according to a report from the U.S. Labor Department. Pre-report expectations had been for jobs […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China has announced that it will suspend all economic discussions with Australia “indefinitely” amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countries. “Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, May 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Facebook’s oversight board has upheld a ban on Donald Trump, keeping the former United States President off of the social media platform for the time being. Trump was suspended after the Jan. 6 riot at […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A rail overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City Monday evening, killing at least 23 people and hospitalizing 65 more, according to reports. The precarious situation hampered rescue efforts […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Foreign ministers from the G7, including Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau and Minister of International Development Karina Gould, are meeting in person for the first time in over a year in […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Friday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4 per cent month-to-month in February, compared to economists’ prediction of a 0.5 per cent gain. The report also provided a preliminary estimate for […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s House of Commons approved legislation last night which would end a strike at the Port of Montreal. Every Conservative MP, as well as all but three Liberal MPs voted yes on Bill C-29 by a margin of […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Retail sales in Canada increased by 4.8 per cent last February compared to January, according to a Statistics Canada report released earlier today. In February, sales totalled C$55.1 billion and were fueled by gains reported by motor vehicle […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s federal budget was passed in the House of Commons on Monday night through a confidence vote, avoiding the possibility of an election. The budget, which outlines nearly C$500 billion worth of spending and C$101 billion towards new […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – For the fifth straight day, the number of new COVID-19 cases in India reached a record-high on Monday with 352,991 newly identified as having the virus. Over that same period, there have been 2,812 new deaths. Yesterday, […] Read more