Global Markets: Freeland presenting fiscal update

Measures to help stricken Canadian economy

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland is scheduled to unveil the federal government’s latest fiscal update at 3 pm Central on Monday. It’s reported to include additional spending measures on the country’s hardest

Global Markets: Indian farmers tear gassed in New Delhi

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched to New Delhi in protest of new agriculture laws. The group was met with tear gas and water cannons as they protested laws that will reportedly



Global Markets: GSA letter kicks off presidential transition

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The United States General Services Administration has formally acknowledged President Donald Trump’s defeat, over two weeks after president-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy wrote a letter beginning the formal





Global Markets: U.S. jobless claims rise

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Weekly jobless claims in the United States were unexpectedly higher in the week ended Nov. 14, rising to 742,000 from 711,000 the previous week, according to the country’s Labor Department. Rising COVID-19 cases

Global Markets: Pfizer vaccine hits 95% efficacy in trials

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Phase three trials on the COVID-19 vaccine recently announced by Pfizer and BioNTech have shown 95 per cent efficacy against the virus, marking a five-point improvement from earlier results announced a week ago.


Global Markets: Humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A “full-scale humanitarian crisis” in unfolding in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to the United Nations, as at least 27,000 people have fled the fighting into neighbouring Sudan. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed,

Global Markets: Another promising COVID-19 vaccine announced

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Nov. 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Another COVID-19 vaccine is showing promising signs, with Moderna Inc. announcing an experimental vaccine with 94.5 per cent effectiveness rate in late-stage trials. The vaccine comes a week after Pfizer announced a vaccine