Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – While hard details of the Phase One trade deal between the United States and China remain scant, Chinese agriculture consultancy JCI said on Friday the country is quite able to purchase more than […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – By a vote of 230 to 197 United States President Donald Trump was formally impeached on Wednesday by the House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Today, The United States House of Representatives will debate and vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. House Republicans had motioned to adjourn ahead of the vote, but the call […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Bill Morneau said the country’s economy is “sound and growing” during his economic update on Monday. Morneau pointed to lower unemployment, growing wages and other key factors highlighting the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Bill Morneau is scheduled to give an update at 10 am CST on Monday about the country’s fiscal well-being. It’s expected Morneau will say the Canadian economy will continue […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United Kingdom votes in a new Parliament today. Polls are pointing to a small majority government for Boris Johnson’s Conservative government, although Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has gained ground over the course […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Federal Reserve is widely expected to be holding interest rates unchanged in its last policy announcement of the year later Wednesday. The U.S. consumer price index was up by 0.3 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Myanmar is facing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. The case, raised at the court by the Gambia, marks the first international attempt to bring Myanmar […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The World Anti-Doping Agency voted unanimously to ban Russia from international sporting competitions for four years – which would keep the country out of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Dec. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Yesterday, United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi instructed the House Judiciary panel to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The House Judiciary Committee will write the articles of impeachment and then […] Read more