Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The race to create a vaccine for COVID-19 continues with more than 70 research teams around the world working on the solution, the CBC reported on Thursday. Some of the possible vaccines reached […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump said he will U.S. cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) pending a review. Reports stated the U.S. contributes US$400 million to US$500 million annually to the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did an about-face in its World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday. Instead of calling for global economic growth of 3.3 per cent, the IMF has now forecast a […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Global oil production is to be slashed by one-tenth as OPEC, Russia and the G20 reached an agreement after a week of phone calls and video conferences. Since the beginning of March there […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his presidential campaign, leaving former United States Vice President Joe Biden as the likely Democratic challenger to Republican Donald Trump in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Sanders’s […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The acting secretary of the United States Navy, Thomas Modley, has resigned from his post amid controversy over his response to a COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and his […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Japan has declared a state of emergency over COVID-19 and has announced nearly US$1 trillion worth of stimulus measures. The state of emergency is set to last for a month. It encompasses Tokyo […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadians out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including those not normally covered under employment insurance, can access an online government portal to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) starting […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Although cases of COVID-19 are over a million around the world, some world leaders are attempting to return their countries to business as usual. Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro has attempted to loosen […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Apr. 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States jobless claims have hit 6.6 million, which is a new record for the country. The previous record was set last week, when 3.3 million lost their jobs. Economists expect even more […] Read more