Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Friday that 21,800 jobs were added to the country’s economy in February. That was more than double the expectations from economists and kept Canada’s unemployment rate […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Russia launched 81 missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, which marked one of the biggest aerial assaults in the year-old war. Targets included key infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   As March 8 marks International Women’s Day, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that current pace towards gender equality is far too slow, suggesting such would only be achieved in 300 […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that an independent special rapporteur will be appointed to look into allegations that China meddled in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections. With […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. After 20 years of stalled discussions and more recent negotiations, the members of the United Nations signed the Global Ocean Treaty on Saturday. The new treaty updates the UN’s 1994 Law of […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Luxury department store chain Nordstrom announced on Thursday it will cease all operations in Canada, closing all 13 of its stores and cutting 2,500 jobs. Chief executive Erik Nordstrom said in a statement there was “no realistic path […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to each other for 10 minutes at the G20 conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. It was the first time since last summer that […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A passenger train and a freight train collided at high speed in northern Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring 85. Officials said many of the passengers were university students travelling from Athens to […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – After five straight quarters of growth, Canada’s economy was unchanged for the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a report released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada (StatCan). Previously, StatCan estimated 1.6 per cent growth for the quarter. In […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – On Friday, the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Consumer Index, which measures the consumer confidence of Canadians, rose to its highest level since last September to 47, up 1.3 points from the previous week. The rising figure can be attributed […] Read more