Global markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Rising gasoline and shelter costs contributed to increased inflation in the United States in February, with the country’s consumer price index up by 0.4 per cent during the month and 3.2 per […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   As Ramadan is set to begin for Palestinians on Monday, Israel and Hamas had yet to agree to the ceasefire in Gaza. With the Muslim holy month to continue into April, […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada’s unemployment rate was up by 0.1 percentage points in February, to come in at 5.8 per cent, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The rise came despite 41,000 new jobs […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Three people were killed in attacks by Houthi rebels on a cargo vessel in the Red Sea Thursday, marking the first civilian fatalities from the months-long campaign by the Iranian-backed Yemeni militants in […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign after losing to Donald Trump in 14 of the 15 states that held Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, March 5. With Haley stepping aside, that […] Read more

Global Markets: China sets 5% growth target   By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   China has set a five per cent economic growth target for 2024, Premier Li Qiang announced at the annual meeting of the National People’s […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger on Monday, with speculative short covering a feature. The May contract moved back above its 20-day moving average, which was supportive from a chart standpoint. Gains in Chicago soybeans and European rapeseed futures also provided some spillover support, although soyoil […] Read more

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight, conducting their largest operation in the Palestinian enclave in years. A 16-year-old was reportedly shot and killed in a refugee camp, after confrontations […] Read more

The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Brian Mulroney, the Progressive Conservative who served as Canada’s 18th Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993, has died, according to a statement from his family on Thursday. Born in Baie-Comeau, Que. and a lawyer by trade, Mulroney won the party’s […] Read more