Global Markets: COVID-19 shutters meat processing plants

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Tyson Foods Inc. will halt operations at its largest pork production plant in Waterloo, IA., as the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus impacts its workforce. The facility has been running at reduced levels, but […] Read more



Global Markets: Trump eager to ease restrictions, restart U.S. economy

Trudeau wants border to stay closed

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that some states could ease social distancing and lockdown measures within four weeks. Despite the U.S. contending with more than 671,000 reported cases of COVID-19, […] Read more

Global Markets: Racing towards a vaccine

Fourth Israeli election looming

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The race to create a vaccine for COVID-19 continues with more than 70 research teams around the world working on the solution, the CBC reported on Thursday. Some of the possible vaccines reached […] Read more


Global Markets: World leaders condemn Trump for WHO decision

World surpasses 2 million COVID-19 cases

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said he will U.S. cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) pending a review. Reports stated the U.S. contributes US$400 million to US$500 million annually to the […] Read more

Global Markets: Deep recession virtually certain says IMF

Trump, governors at loggerheads

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did an about-face in its World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday. Instead of calling for global economic growth of 3.3 per cent, the IMF has now forecast a […] Read more


Global Markets: Major oil nations agree to production cuts

Wage subsidy bill gets speedy passage

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Global oil production is to be slashed by one-tenth as OPEC, Russia and the G20 reached an agreement after a week of phone calls and video conferences. Since the beginning of March there […] Read more

Global Markets: Sanders out of U.S. presidential race

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his presidential campaign, leaving former United States Vice President Joe Biden as the likely Democratic challenger to Republican Donald Trump in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Sanders’s […] Read more


Global Markets: Trump threatens to withdraw WHO funding

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The acting secretary of the United States Navy, Thomas Modley, has resigned from his post amid controversy over his response to a COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and his […] Read more

Global Markets: Japan declares state of emergency

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Japan has declared a state of emergency over COVID-19 and has announced nearly US$1 trillion worth of stimulus measures. The state of emergency is set to last for a month. It encompasses Tokyo […] Read more