Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 27 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States gross domestic product increased at an annualized rate of 4.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2018, marking the fastest growth in four years, according […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada July 25 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump pledged US$12 billion in aid to farmers hurt by the fallout of the U.S.-China trade war. Some Republican Senators and members of the House are […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada July 24 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Many residents of Toronto are questioning the safety of their own city following Sunday’s deadly random street shooting that killed two people and injured 13. The gunman was also killed. […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 23 (CNS) – A major drilling project on Canada’s east coast has been given the go-ahead to resume operations just a month after spilling thousands of litres of oil into the ocean. The incident occurred in June and sparked an investigation into the incident. Nova Scotia’s […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 20 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s annual rate of inflation climbed to 2.5 per cent in June, marking the largest reading in more than six years, according to data released by Statistics Canada. – […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada July 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet, in a move designed to freshen the Liberal look ahead of 2019 election. A Nanos Research poll released just before the shuffle show the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada July 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to shuffle his cabinet later this morning. Questions are being raised about whether Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay will retain his post amid speculation that he […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 17 (CNS) – Japan and the European Union have signed a trade deal that will remove tariffs between the two groups on virtually all products. Items like drugs, purses, fish, pork and wine are just some of the products covered. Rice is one exception though as […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 16 (CNS) – Investors around the world are closely watching talks this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are meeting in Helsinki where the issues of trade are expected to be front and center. What’s unclear is whether […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 13 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In an interview, U.S. President Donald Trump criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for exiting the European Union. Trump said the current soft-exit strategy would likely lead to […] Read more