Global markets

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Hopes for a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war are not dead yet, according to reports on Wednesday. This is despite Russia’s accusation that Ukraine launched a drone attack this week in […] Read more

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Central Intelligence Agency launched a drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility earlier this month, CNN reported on Tuesday. The target was said to be a port allegedly used by the Venezuelan […] Read more

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. In efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the United States proposed a 15-year security guarantee to Ukraine on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump made the offer to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that the country’s economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in October, its largest monthly drop in nearly three years. The manufacturing sector was down 1.5 per cent from September, while wood […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – The United States Coast Guard confirmed on Sunday it was pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration continued to target vessels connected to the Venezuelan government. On Saturday, the White […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canadian retail sales decreased 0.2 per cent in October to C$69.4 billion, reported Statistics Canada. Sales at beer, wine and liquor retailers were down 10.6 per cent. Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors and […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Inflation in the United States saw an unexpected slowdown in November, coming in at 2.7 per cent from 3.0 per cent in September. The October report was missed due to the government shutdown, while the November numbers were […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a naval blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, a week after the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the South American country’s coast. The latest move […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Crude oil prices slipped to their lowest levels in over six months on Tuesday, as optimism over peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine weighed on values. Weak economic data out of China was also […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.2 per cent on an annual basis in November, which was in line with the October reading, reported Statistics Canada. Grocery price inflation came in at 4.7 per cent which compared with […] Read more