FED hike may be negative for future fast growth expectations as market cools
The US Federal Reserve has made strong signals that they intend to start tightening the official borrowing rate this...
US labor economy better, Canada bank rates steady
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of 0.25 percent, with the Bank Rate...
US and Canadian labour markets show moderate reasons for optimism
Per today’s statistical analysis provided in Canada Labour productivity down after zero growth in the second quarter. Labour productivity of Canadian...
Stocks open mixed on Friday, new Trillion dollar bill in the works, no word...
Friday US Futures trade mixed at the start of the day as NASDAQ went up 0.4% while the other two main benchmarks: DowJones30 and...
PMI data comes in strong, but inflation worries boost gold and prevent stocks from...
Eurozone business activity growth slowed sharply to a six-month low in October amid increasing supply bottlenecks and ongoing health concerns, dropping most markedly in...
Canadian economy still struggling, US consumer spending high, but inflation worries loom ahead
Statistics Canada provides the monthly release for the Gross domestic product by industry with data provided for the month of July. Real gross domestic...
Steady oil production increase, new massive stimulus bill on the table, the good labor...
The recent OPEC meeting that ended on Wednesday produced an agreement to raise production levels that were previously curbed by the virus. Despite this,...
New jobless claims report boosts US economy, UK observes increased inflation rates
In the UK the quarterly Monetary Policy Report was released with the outlook for the country’s economy as seen by the Monetary Policy Committee....
Japanese economy is still stagnant but expected to rise. CPI better than expected in...
Although the level of Japan's economic activity, mainly in the face-to-face services sector, is expected to be lower than that prior to the pandemic,...
Labor markets show recovery, oil disputes threaten more volatility, G20 summits underway and Friday...
In Canada employment rose by 231,000 (+1.2%) in June, following a cumulative decline of 275,000 over the previous two months. Employment growth was entirely...
