Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 per cent in March, hitting its lowest level on records going back to 1976, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The country’s economy added 72,500 new jobs […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 7 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table the latest federal budget on Thursday, with responses to soaring housing prices and the ongoing pandemic expected. Limitations on foreign purchases of some Canadian properties are expected […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 6 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The latest round of sanctions against Russia, announced by the United States and its allies in the G7 and European Union, will target banks and officials by banning new investment in the country. The […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 5 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will address the United Nations’ Security Council on Tuesday in a largely symbolic gesture. His speech comes as reports of civilian deaths and other alleged war crimes carried out by […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, April 4 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla, announced Monday that he had purchased a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter, making him the largest shareholder in the social media site. Musk is very active […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Pope Francis apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the abuses of thousands of Indigenous children in Canada’s residential school system on April 1 after talking with First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegations at the Vatican earlier […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 31 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As 45 buses headed towards the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday, skepticism lingered over an apparent Russian ceasefire there. The contingent of buses has been organized by the […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 30 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday that she will introduce the federal Liberal government’s next budget on April 7. Freeland is widely expected by analysts to table […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As the Russian advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv remained at a virtual standstill, the Russian deputy defence minister announced on Tuesday that combat operations around the city will […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China started its largest lockdown in two years on Monday in an attempt to halt its latest wave of COVID-19. That includes Shanghai – China’s largest city and its financial […] Read more