Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The International Grains Council raised its call on global corn production in 2025/26 to 1.274 billion tonnes — an increase of five million from a month ago due to upward revisions for the United States […] Read more
Global Markets: IGC ups global corn crop
Global Markets: BoC holds rates steady
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Bank of Canada held its key overnight rate at 2.75 per cent in Wednesday’s policy announcement. However, the Bank cautioned that the unpredictable trade policies out of the United States have “increased uncertainty, diminished […] Read more
Global Markets: Above average monsoon forecast for India
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. India’s government is forecasting above average monsoon rains for the second year in a row, which would be good news for farmers in the country who rely on the precipitation from June to September to […] Read more
Global Markets: Trump pauses tariffs on some Chinese high-tech goods
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Tariff news over the weekend saw United States President Donald Trump exempt tariffs on some high-tech goods from China, although the message quickly shifted, and Trump said the levies would still be implemented eventually. […] Read more
Global Markets: China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China announced Friday it’s raising its tariffs on imports of United States goods from 84 per cent to 125 per cent effective Saturday. The move was done in retaliation of U.S. President Donald Trump increasing levies […] Read more
Global Markets: Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a surprising reversal, United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was pausing reciprocal tariffs on nearly every country for 90 days. At the same time, Trump also said he was raising levies on […] Read more
Global Markets: U.S./China trade war heating up
Trump threatens to slap more tariffs on China
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The trade war between the United States and China continued to heat up on Tuesday, as the latter responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to sharply increase in levies on its […] Read more
Global Markets: Tariffs driving markets lower
Trump won't budge from his reciprocal tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Global markets continued to fall hard on Monday as United States President Donald Trump stated over the weekend that he won’t abandon nor amend his worldwide reciprocal tariffs. As well, China […] Read more
Global Markets: China strikes back at U.S.
34 per cent levies in imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. China, the world’s second largest economy, swung back at the United States on Friday as Beijing announced its retaliatory tariffs. China will impose a 34 per cent levy on all U.S. […] Read more
Global Markets: ‘Liberation Day’ fallout
Carney news conference at 10:30 a.m. CDT
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump unveiled his reciprocal tariff plan on Wednesday that’s highlighted by a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all countries effective April 5. Also there is a […] Read more