Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A report from Statistics Canada released on Friday revealed that 94,000 jobs were added to the country’s workforce in July as COVID-19 restrictions were loosened nationwide. The unemployment rate in Canada was reduced to 7.5 per cent during […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Approximately 8,500 workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration Union are preparing to go on a work-to-rule strike on Friday. As part of their strike action, the workers will only perform […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) reported on Tuesday increases in the amount of grain transported compared to the previous year. CP Rail said it moved more than 30 million tonnes during […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Incoming Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi said in a televised speech on Tuesday he would lift “tyrannical” sanctions imposed on his country by the United States, which had been in effect for three years. Raisi, who himself is under […] Read more

WINNIPEG, July 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the nation’s economy had grown over the fiscal second quarter. In its preliminary estimate, the agency announced that Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States economy showed growth in the fiscal second quarter as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annualized rate of 6.5 per cent, according to an advanced estimate released Thursday from the U.S. Commerce […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Wednesday that the annual rate of inflation was 3.1 per cent in June, lower than the 3.6 per cent recorded in May. Excluding gasoline prices, which increased 32 per cent year-to-year in June, the […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained its forecast for six per cent global growth for 2021 on Tuesday, upgrading its forecast for wealthy economies and downgrading it for developing nations. The IMF projected the United States to increase […] Read more

WINNIPEG, July 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The COVID-19 Delta variant and a standstill in the vaccination rate are both responsible for the increasing number of cases in the United States over the past week. In 48 states, the number of COVID-19 […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Retail sales in Canada rebounded in June, according to a report from Statistics Canada released on Friday. Receipts dropped 2.1 per cent in May due to COVID-19 shutdowns, but sales rose by an estimated 4.4 per cent as […] Read more