Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – NATO said on Monday it plans to send more fighter jets and ships, as well as extra forces on standby to Ukraine in an effort to “deter” a conflict between the country and Russia. Over the weekend, the […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Despite severe flooding in parts of British Columbia and Atlantic Canada, Canadian retail sales for the month of November were up 0.7 per cent to C$58.1 billion, according to a report from Statistics Canada released today. Sales increased […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said on Thursday the country will join its allies in implementing severe sanctions on Russia should the latter choose to invade Ukraine. At a news conference in Brussels, Joly added that […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s inflation rate rose to an annual pace of 4.8 per cent last December, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released on Wednesday. The increase to the consumer price index is the largest in Canada since […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian health officials are disputing China’s claim that the country’s first discovered case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant was linked to mail from Toronto. Chinese health authorities said on Monday that a case of Omicron in Beijing may […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a report released by Statistics Canada on Monday, Canada’s manufacturing sales rose 2.6 per cent to C$63.1 billion in November. Sales of primary metal products jumped 5.8 per cent to a record-breaking C$5.8 billion, while petroleum and […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – All truckers, including Canadian truckers, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 when crossing the Canada/United States border, the federal government clarified on Friday. A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a sudden about-face, the Canadian government backed away on Wednesday afternoon from its strong assertion that truckers crossing the border with the United States would need to quarantined for […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Inflation in the United States hit a 40-year high, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index climbed 0.5 per cent in December, which pushed […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Jan. 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prior to appearing before the United States Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell publicly acknowledged that inflation has exacted a toll on “those less able […] Read more