Global Markets: Explosion near Kabul airport

WINNIPEG, Aug. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Pentagon confirmed that there was an explosion outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, although casualties are unknown as evacuation efforts continue in Afghanistan. The United States is facing a Aug. 31 deadline to leave

Global Markets: U.S. House passes budget blueprint

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint, ending a standoff with more moderate democrats that had threatened to stall economic recovery in the country. All Republicans


Global Markets: CIA head meets with Taliban in Kabul

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, met with a top Taliban official in Kabul on Monday as evacuation efforts continue in the country ahead of an Aug. 31



Global Markets: Retail sales rise in June

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that retail sales increased 4.2 per cent to C$56.2 billion in June, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions being eased. Clothing and clothing accessory stores reported a 49.1 per cent gain in sales during

Global Markets: U.S. recommends COVID-19 booster shot

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Health officials in the United States announced on Wednesday plans to offer Americans a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine eight months after their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Those who have taken the one-dose Johnson


Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate sharply rises

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that the country’s inflation rate had risen to 3.7 per cent in July, the biggest increase since May 2011. Excluding gasoline, whose prices rose by 30.9 per cent from July 2020, the consumer

Global Markets: Biden defends Afghanistan pullout

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In a speech delivered on Monday, United States President Joe Biden defended his administration’s decision to pull armed forces out of Afghanistan, whose government went on to collapse in the face of the Taliban. In his speech, Biden


Global Markets: Canadian federal election on Sept. 20

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Governor General Mary Simon granted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request to dissolve Parliament on Sunday, and the federal election is now underway. With the dropping of writs, all 338 federal ridings will go to the polls on

Global Markets: Trudeau to call election: sources

WINNIPEG, August 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Governor General Mary Simon on Sunday to dissolve Parliament, causing an election, sources have told Reuters. If the campaign starts on Sunday, it would be the