Global markets

WINNIPEG, March 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Global cases of COVID-19 have topped over 700,000, with the United States leading the way with 143,055 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the federal mandate to

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States surpassed Italy and China on Thursday as the country with the most reported cases of COVID-19. As of Friday morning, the U.S. had approximately 86,000 cases and more than 1,300

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – There will be a video conference among G20 leaders on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. The world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are expected to talk about co-ordinating efforts to

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The House of Commons in Canada approved a C$82 billion aid package in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Some of the items in the bill to combat the economic impact of the

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The spread of COVID-19 continues in Canada as Yukon and the Northwest Territories have reported their first cases late Sunday evening. A Yukon couple who travelled to the United States tested positive, said

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – California has issued a ‘stay at home’ order on Thursday, restricting travel in the state of 40 million people indefinitely. The move came as the COVID-19 death toll in the United States hit

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The COVID-19 pandemic remains the at the forefront of everything in the world, as the countries work to ‘flatten the curve’ and also deal with the economic fallout of the drastic social distancing

WINNIPEG, March 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada and the United States will temporarily close the border between the two countries to all non-essential travel. Tourists and shoppers will now be barred from crossing, while goods will still continue to move in

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As borders close and quarantine measures ramp up around the world in the battle against COVID-19, there are reports that life is slowly returning to normal in China. Al Jazeera reports that emergency

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More and more worldwide efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus were taken over the weekend, with many public spaces closing, religious services cancelled, and schools shuttered. Developments in the unprecedented