Global markets

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Monday that manufacturing sales dropped 0.8 per cent to C$71.8 billion in June, compared to a 1.1 per cent decline in May. Sales in the petroleum and coal industry fell 7.8 per cent in

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 11 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Satellite images of a Russian air base in Crimea show extensive damage, suggesting Ukraine may have increased its long-range missile capacity and potentially changing the course of the war, according to reports. Russia has

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 10 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Consumer prices in the United States held steady in July after moving up 1.3 per cent on a monthly basis in June as a 20 per cent drop in gasoline costs helped slow the

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 9 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The FBI conducted a raid on former United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, according to reports. Acting on a search warrant, the unannounced raid was said to be tied

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States Senate passed a wide-ranging bill on Sunday covering climate change, health care and corporate taxes. The Inflation Reduction Act now moves to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives after the narrow 51-50

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 5 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 per cent in July, with Statistics Canada reporting a small 31,000 decline in employment during the month. Meanwhile, nonfarm payrolls in the United States were up by

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 4 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, taking the country’s Bank Rate to its highest level since 2008 at 1.75 per cent. The hike was

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 3 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The first grain vessel to leave a Ukrainian port in months made it through the Black Sea and passed inspection in Istanbul on Wednesday. The ship, carrying 23,000 tonnes of corn, is now on

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 2 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The first vessel moving grain out of a Ukrainian port left Odessa over the weekend with a 23,000-tonne shipment of corn destined for Lebanon. More than 20 million tonnes of grain have been left

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, July 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Friday that the country’s economy was essentially flat in May. The federal agency issued its report on Canada’s gross domestic product, which showed essentially no growth,