Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada (BoC) will update its economic outlook later today, including whether or not the central bank decides to taper off its bond-buying program. Analysts expect both of the BoC’s first-quarter and second-quarter projections from last

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Half of all eligible Canadians – those aged 12 or over – are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CTV News. This number represents 44 per cent of the Canadian population, with more than 26 million Canadians

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of The Virgin Group of companies, went into space on Sunday. Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space-tourism company reached an altitude of 88 kilometres over New Mexico for the adventure

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 9 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Jobs gains in Canada during June have far exceeded economists’ predictions with 230,700 net positions versus expectations of 175,000, according to Statistics Canada on Friday. However, all of the jobs

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As British Columbia is faced with a soaring debt, on Thursday S&P Global Ratings reduced the Canadian province’s credit rating from AAA to AA+. In April, the provincial government’s budget

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Jovenel Moise, the President of Haiti, was assassinated in his home at approximately 1 am Wednesday by unidentified gunmen, according to reports. His wife was wounded in the attack. Accusations

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At just over 11,100, house sales last month in Toronto fell 28.5 per cent compared to a year ago, with analysts warning the housing market could be headed for a

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Beginning today, Canadians and permanent residents who travelled outside of the country no longer have to quarantine for 14 days after returning – provided they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More than a thousand people were evacuated from Lytton, B.C. on Wednesday as a fire decimated the Fraser Canyon community northeast of Vancouver that made headlines earlier in the week for reporting the

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Records for the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada continued to be set, with Lytton, B.C. marking a daytime high of 49.6 Celsius on Tuesday, June 29. The village, located in the Fraser