Global markets

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The Canadian real gross domestic product continued to grow in 2024, expanding by 0.3 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. In the first and second quarters […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers met in a virtual conference on Wednesday, discussing the tariff threat from the incoming Trump administration. Premiers representing the broad political spectrum […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet online with the country’s provincial premiers on Wednesday. The virtual conference late this afternoon will focus on the sharp tariffs United States […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President-elect Donald Trump stated on social media Monday that his administration, on its first day, will slap a 25 per cent tariff on all imported goods from Canada and […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Reports on Monday stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved in principle a possible ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. A deal was reached on Sunday to end the fighting between the Israeli […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada reported on Friday that retail sales rose 0.4 per cent in September and projected those for October to be up 0.7 per cent. StatCan said for the third quarter […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas officials on Thursday, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was included […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Thousands of United Kingdom farmers protested in London Tuesday, demonstrating against proposed law changes to inheritance taxes. If implemented, the Labour Party law would make inheritance tax payable on farms worth more than 1 million […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Canada’s Consumer Price Index was up by 2.0 per cent on an annual basis in October, up from the 1.6 per cent year-on-year inflation in September, reported Statistics Canada. Gasoline prices were down by 4.0 […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Longer-range missiles supplied to Ukraine by the United States have been authorized for use for strikes deeper inside Russia by U.S. President Joe Biden, marking another escalation in the conflict as it hits its 1,000-day […] Read more