Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported this morning that the country’s annual inflation rate moved up by 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.4 per cent in April, bucking economists’ expectations that it would decline to 4.1 per cent. It […] Read more
Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate rises
Global Markets: Four byelections to take place in June
Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Sunday that four federal byelections will take place on June 19 in the ridings of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Que.; Oxford, Ont. Portage–Lisgar, Man.; and Winnipeg South Centre, Man. People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime […] Read more
Global Markets: Turkey holding elections
Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend, with the contentious 20-year leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing stiff challenges. The leadup to the election has been marred by violence […] Read more
Global Markets: Ukraine counteroffensive yet to begin
Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia has yet to start, with more time needed to prepare, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told European broadcasters on Thursday. Meanwhile, Britain announced it would increase its support by […] Read more
Global Markets: Israeli/Palestine air attacks
Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 17 people over the past two days, with Palestinians countering by firing more than 100 rockets towards southern Israel. Hamas has […] Read more
Global Markets: China/Canada expel diplomats
Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. In a tit-for-tat response to Canada’s expulsion of a Chinese diplomat on Monday, China announced it was expelling Canadian Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul in the Canadian consulate in Shanghai. Canada expelled Chinese […] Read more
Global Markets: Russian drone attacks intensify
Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Dozens of Russian drone attacks on Ukraine overnight killed at least four people, as Russia’s offensive intensified ahead of the country’s Victory Day holiday on May 9. All 60 of the Iranian-made […] Read more
Global Markets: Job growth in Canada, the U.S.
Indonesia sees its economy grow in 1Q
Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Statistics Canada reported on Friday that approximately 41,000 jobs were added in April, well surpassing analysts’ predictions of 20,000 jobs. That brought the number of working people in Canada to 20.13 […] Read more
Global Markets: CRA workers returning to work
Tentative deal includes improved wages
Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The remaining federal employees who were still on strike reached a tentative deal on Thursday. The approximately 35,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) who work for the […] Read more
Global Markets: 25-point increase expected from Federal Reserve
Rate announcement at 1 pm CDT
Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Analysts said they expect the United States Federal Reserve to up its key interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday. The Fed is scheduled to make it announcement at 1 […] Read more