Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 10 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Consumer prices in the United States held steady in July after moving up 1.3 per cent on a monthly basis in June as a 20 per cent drop in gasoline costs helped slow the […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 9 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The FBI conducted a raid on former United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, according to reports. Acting on a search warrant, the unannounced raid was said to be tied […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Senate passed a wide-ranging bill on Sunday covering climate change, health care and corporate taxes. The Inflation Reduction Act now moves to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives after the narrow 51-50 […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 5 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 per cent in July, with Statistics Canada reporting a small 31,000 decline in employment during the month. Meanwhile, nonfarm payrolls in the United States were up by […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 4 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, taking the country’s Bank Rate to its highest level since 2008 at 1.75 per cent. The hike was […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 3 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The first grain vessel to leave a Ukrainian port in months made it through the Black Sea and passed inspection in Istanbul on Wednesday. The ship, carrying 23,000 tonnes of corn, is now on […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 2 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The first vessel moving grain out of a Ukrainian port left Odessa over the weekend with a 23,000-tonne shipment of corn destined for Lebanon. More than 20 million tonnes of grain have been left […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Friday that the country’s economy was essentially flat in May. The federal agency issued its report on Canada’s gross domestic product, which showed essentially no growth, […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian National Railway reported on Wednesday that’s second quarter revenue hit C$4.34 billion, well exceeding expectations of C$4.08 billion and 21 per cent more than the same quarter last year. […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a report issued on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned the global economy is on the verge of a recession. In citing economic slowdowns in the United States, […] Read more