Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported today that the country’s annual inflation rate was 3.8 per cent in September, lower than economists’ expectations and 0.2 points lower than what it was in August. Excluding gasoline, the inflation rate would have […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More than one million people are estimated to have fled the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated offensive by Israeli forces against Hamas. In a visit to Egypt on Monday, French foreign minister Catherine Colonna accused Hamas from […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order to a million Palestinians living in the northern part of the territory, ahead of an expected ground invasion. Hamas has dismissed the warnings and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Jerusalem on Thursday reiterating the country’s support for Israel in its fight against Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the U.S. “for standing […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Humanitarian groups are warning of an impending catastrophe in Gaza as food will likely run out in days and the territory’s power plant has shut down. Hundreds of people are dead on […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip destroyed entire districts of the Palestinian territory as Israel exacts ‘mighty revenge’ over deadly attacks by Hamas over the weekend. The latest reports say that over […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Jobs growth in the United States beat expectations in September, with nonfarm payrolls in the country up by 336,000, according to the latest Labor Department report, with the unemployment rate steady at […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Heavy rains in northern India caused a Himalayan glacial lake to overflow, killing at least 18 people with about 100 more still missing. Sikkam state received 101 millimetres of rain during the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Manitoba’s New Democratic Party (NDP) won a majority government in Tuesday’s provincial election, defeating the incumbent Progressive Conservatives (PC). With the victory, NDP leader Wab Kinew becomes the first First Nations premier […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, Oct. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   India has requested that Canada remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country by Oct. 10, according to reports. Tensions between the two countries have been heightened since Canada accused India […] Read more