Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Border restrictions to non-essential travel between Canada and the United States will be extended past the current June 21 date and into late July, according to reports citing unnamed sources. The border was

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 8 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Congressional Democrats in the United States are set to unveil legislation on Monday to reform police services in the country. Bans on police chokeholds and racial profiling, along with other limitations and oversight

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian economy added 239,600 jobs in May, which beat out expectations for the month. The unemployment rate rose to 13.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. Economists predicted 500,000 jobs would be lost,

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder for kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, upgraded from the initial charge of third-degree murder. The three police officers who watched it happen

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations around the world were held in solidarity with protestors in the United States marching against police brutality. There have been reports of marches in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, France, Australia, the Netherlands,

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, June 2 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Demonstrations in the United State against police brutality have caught the world’s attention. Diplomats in the European Union have been “shocked and appalled” by the “abuse of power” of the excessive use of force

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Friday that Canada’s gross domestic product shrank 8.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That made for the largest decline in the

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump is expected to announce an executive order against social media companies later today, after Twitter fact-checked an unsubstantiated tweet from the President. A draft of the order was leaked,

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge will rule on Wednesday whether there is double criminality in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. In accordance of a bilateral treaty between Canada and

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz commented on Monday that the Canadian economy continues to require large amounts of economic stimulus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Poloz, who steps down next week,