Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 20 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s annual rate of inflation climbed to 2.5 per cent in June, marking the largest reading in more than six years, according to data released by Statistics Canada. –

By Commodity News Service Canada July 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet, in a move designed to freshen the Liberal look ahead of 2019 election. A Nanos Research poll released just before the shuffle show the

By Commodity News Service Canada July 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to shuffle his cabinet later this morning. Questions are being raised about whether Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay will retain his post amid speculation that he

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 17 (CNS) – Japan and the European Union have signed a trade deal that will remove tariffs between the two groups on virtually all products. Items like drugs, purses, fish, pork and wine are just some of the products covered. Rice is one exception though as

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 16 (CNS) – Investors around the world are closely watching talks this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are meeting in Helsinki where the issues of trade are expected to be front and center. What’s unclear is whether

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 13 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In an interview, U.S. President Donald Trump criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for exiting the European Union. Trump said the current soft-exit strategy would likely lead to

By Commodity News Service Canada July 12 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump left Brussels this morning following a contentious NATO summit saying other NATO countries had agreed to increase their defence spending. Trump now heads to the

By Commodity News Service Canada July 11 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to push the trade dispute with China to new levels by imposing tariffs of 10 percent on US$200 billion worth of Chinese products. China

By Commodity News Service Canada July 10 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh, 53, to fill the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. He has yet to confirmed by Congress. – Britain’s Foreign Secretary

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 9 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada is set to make its latest interest rate announcement on Wednesday, with most investors expecting an increase in the target overnight rate to 1.5 per