Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian economy added 239,600 jobs in May, which beat out expectations for the month. The unemployment rate rose to 13.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. Economists predicted 500,000 jobs would be lost, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder for kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, upgraded from the initial charge of third-degree murder. The three police officers who watched it happen […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations around the world were held in solidarity with protestors in the United States marching against police brutality. There have been reports of marches in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, France, Australia, the Netherlands, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations in the United State against police brutality have caught the world’s attention. Diplomats in the European Union have been “shocked and appalled” by the “abuse of power” of the excessive use of force […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that Canada’s gross domestic product shrank 8.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That made for the largest decline in the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump is expected to announce an executive order against social media companies later today, after Twitter fact-checked an unsubstantiated tweet from the President. A draft of the order was leaked, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge will rule on Wednesday whether there is double criminality in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. In accordance of a bilateral treaty between Canada and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz commented on Monday that the Canadian economy continues to require large amounts of economic stimulus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Poloz, who steps down next week, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China accused the United States of trying to create a new Cold War. China’s foreign minister said the Trump administration has been blaming China for the COVID-19 pandemic, been critical of its handling […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian retail sales fell by a record 10 per cent in March, according to the latest Statistics Canada data. The March data was the first to account for COVID-19 social distancing measures, and […] Read more