Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Crude oil prices were climbing sharply higher Thursday as United States President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran over its nuclear program. Trump warned on social media that “the next attack will be far worse!” than those carried […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Bank of Canada held its key overnight interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent in its latest policy announcement Wednesday morning. Governor Tiff Macklem said uncertainty around the forecast was “heightened” in a prepared statement, pointing to […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement after nearly 20 years of negotiations. The deal will see free trade on almost all goods traded between India and the 27 members of the EU. A […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. November retail sales were up 1.3 per cent at C$70.4 billion, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. There were gains in eight of the nine subsectors tracked, with food and beverages retailers leading the […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday that the framework for a future deal on Greenland was agreed to with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Danish […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. As United States President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, he repeated his demand that Greenland be turned over to the U.S. Also, Trump accused Canada […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada’s canola exports are over-reliant on China and the United States, reports said on Tuesday. The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy at the University of Calgary said those two countries account […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Inflation in Canada during December bumped up to an annualized rate of 2.4 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Monday. That’s a slight increase from 2.2 per cent in November and where analysts […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Canada and China reached a “preliminary but landmark” trade deal on Friday, reducing and eliminating tariffs on Canadian products while allowing Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. China will drop canola seed duties to 15 […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – A Canadian has died in Iran during widespread anti-government protests, said Global Affairs Canada and confirmed by CTV News on Thursday. Consular officials have been in touch with the person’s family in Canada. No other details […] Read more