Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Oct. 9 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Citing escalating trade tensions, the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global economic growth for 2018 and 2019 to 3.7 per cent, from 3.9 per cent. The downgrade […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Oct. 5 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Yazidi rights activist Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo for their work combating the use […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Oct. 4 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The federal government has decided not to appeal a ruling that overturned approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Instead, it plans to follow an outline to proceed as set down by the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Oct. 3 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The United Nations’ highest court has ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect humanitarian goods and services, as well as aviation safety. The International Court of Justice ruling […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Oct. 2 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Business and agricultural groups continue to study the potential effects of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. While western grain, cattle and hog organizations generally came out in favour of the last-minute […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Oct. 1 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada and the United States have reached a tentative trade deal that, together with Mexico, will replace the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new deal, called the United […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sep. 28 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh later Friday. The controversial candidate is facing sexual assault allegations. The vote comes […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 27 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A report by the Fraser Institute, a free-market-oriented think tank, says increasing minimum wage in Alberta will do little to help the most needy. That’s because 92 per cent of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 26 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States is piling pressure on Canada to complete a deal for a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement by Sunday, or be left out of the informal revised […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sep. 25 (CNS) – The Canadian dollar closed lower Tuesday, as losses in the stock market weighed on it. The Canadian dollar settled Tuesday at US$0.7723 or C$1.2948, compared to Monday’s North American close of US$0.7731 or C$1.2935. Oil prices rose Tuesday over global supply concerns after United States […] Read more