Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, February 2 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US jobless claims in the week ending January 28 dropped 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 246,000, according to reports out of the country on Thursday. Claims were below analyst expectations, which could provide support […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 1 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The US private sector added 246,000 jobs in January, according to the ADP National Employment Report. The job growth far surpassed the top end of economists’ expectations, and sets […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 31 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s real gross domestic product increased by 0.4 per cent in November, following a 0.2 per cent decline the previous month, reported Statistics Canada. Gains in manufacturing, construction, and […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 30 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US consumer spending was higher in December, propped up in part by higher motor vehicle sales. Last month US consumer spending rose by 0.5 per cent after a 0.2 per cent increase in November, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, MB, January 27, 2017 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Weaker exports caused US economic growth to slow in the fourth quarter, notching a 1.9 per cent growth at an annual rate, which compares with the third quarter when growth […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 26 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US jobless claims in the week ending January 21 increased by 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 259,000, according to reports out of the country on Thursday. Market watchers say the Martin Luther King Jr. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 25 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Canadian employers had 402,000 job vacancies in the third quarter, and the national job vacancy rate was 2.5 per cent, Statistics Canada said in a report on Tuesday. Both the overall number of job […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 24 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Officials from Australia and New Zealand are working to get other members on board with the Trans Pacific Partnership, after US President Donald Trump nixed the accord. Reports say the prime ministers of Australia, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 23 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Crude oil futures declined in early activity on Monday, pressured by indications that US drilling activity is stronger. American drillers added the most rigs in close to four years last week, data out of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, January 20 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The US dollar advanced against a bundle of currencies ahead of the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump. – In Canada, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.5 per cent on a year-over-year basis […] Read more