Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Although economists predicted a 0.3 per cent increase in retail sales in Canada, sales were down 0.1 per cent in May, according to a Statistics Canada report released on Friday. When motor vehicles […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized a foreign oil tanker reportedly smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf. The vessel was the same ship that was initially towed into Iranian waters after sending out a […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s Consumer Price Index increased by 2.0 per cent on an annual basis in June, which compares with 2.4 per cent the previous month, according to a report from Statistics Canada. A 4.1 […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is “seriously considering cutting diplomatic relations with Iceland”, according to a spokesperson, following efforts out of Iceland to spearhead a United Nations resolution looking into deaths stemming […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Chinese economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in nearly thirty years during the past quarter, according to updated data out of the country. The gross domestic product increased by 6.2 per cent […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Tropical Storm Barry will put Louisiana’s post-Katrina flood defences to the test this weekend, in particular those of New Orleans. As of Friday, Barry was forecast to bring winds in excess of 80 […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – There has been finger pointing between the Ontario and federal governments after Bombardier announced this week it will lay off half of its 1,100 employees at the company’s Thunder Bay commuter rail vehicle […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As the Council of the Federation, Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers meet today in Saskatoon to discuss a number of issues, including interprovincial trade. The meeting will be chaired by Saskatchewan Premier […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Although no date has been set, the United States and China will resume trade talks sometime this week with top officials from both countries participating in a teleconference. The world’s two largest economies […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 8 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian cannabis producer CannTrust Holdings Inc. has warned of a temporary product shortage, due to Health Canada cracking down on unlicensed growing rooms in its greenhouse facility in Pelham, Ont. Health Canada […] Read more