Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada’s rate of inflation slowed in March, with the 4.3 per cent increase in the consumer price index the smallest year-on-year increase since the 4.1 per cent reported in August 2021. The […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   A strike by Canada’s largest federal public union is possible by Wednesday if a deal isn’t reached soon, according to officials with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) – which represents […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Friday marked the first day that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) will officially become Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). In December 2021, CP acquired KCS for […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Approximately 155,000 federal public servants in Canada have now voted in favour of strike mandates. On Wednesday, the Treasury Board group of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced their […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its key interest rate at 4.5 per cent, following its announcement on Wednesday. In a statement, the BoC said inflation in Canada has been easing […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian officials were informed over the weekend by their United States counterparts that Russian-backed hackers may have gained access to the country’s natural gas infrastructure in February. The revelation is part […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, April 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Analysts’ expectations ahead of the next interest rate announcement from the Bank of Canada (BoC) have predicted the central bank will freeze its key rate at 4.5 per cent. The BoC […] Read more

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 Canada’s economy added 35,000 jobs in March while the unemployment rate held at five per cent. March was the fourth straight month the unemployment rate went unchanged. Employment grew in transportation […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former United States President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy inside a New York City courthouse on Tuesday. With the charges, Trump became the first U.S. president, sitting or […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Former United States President Donald Trump is expected to surrender and face criminal charges in an arraignment inside a New York City courthouse later today. Trump became the first president, sitting or former, to face criminal charges after […] Read more