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Foreign investors acquired $28.4 billion of Canadian securities in January, following a significant divestment in December. Meanwhile, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities...

Deutsche Bank-Commerzbank merger talks buoy European shares U.S. futures mixed ahead of Wednesday's monetary policy decision Pound slips ahead of third 'meaningful vote' on Brexit Oil wavers as OPEC+...

European shares, U.S. futures rebound after Asian stall Healthcare leads U.S. rally on Trump’s Medicare budget cuts Boeing (NYSE:BA) extends fall, but signals buying opportunity Oil climbs after...

No one expected the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May’s government to win approval in Parliament yesterday, and very few expect MPs will vote today, Wednesday, to cash out of the European...

HighlightsThe federal deficit is small, although its structural nature is problematic; The debt-to-GDP ratio is barely declining, limiting the possibility of large-scale tax reductions; Housing...

Global shares take cues from biggest U.S. stock jump in six weeks Treasurys fall on risk-off, weighing on U.S. dollar Pounds jumps on EU support for May's deal; later gives in to caution ahead of key...

Canada Feb net change in employment: +55.9K vs +1.2Ke Unemployment rate: +5.8% vs. +5.8%e Full time employment change: +67.4K vs +0.8Ke Part time employment change: -11.6K vs -5.7Ke Participation...

Major indexes set to extend three-day losing streakStocks retreated at the start of trade Thursday as investors weighed mounting evidence of a slowing global economy, after the European Central Bank...

The Bank of Canada left its overnight rate target unchanged at 1.75% this morning. It has been unchanged since last October. The last few business days were marked by disappointing economic news....

General Electric (NYSE:GE) (NYSE:GE) plunged as much as 7.71% yesterday, closing 4.7% lower at $9.89, in the worst selloff since the November rout and after having gained almost 40% from the beginning...

Global stocks have started the week on the front foot on signs of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations. News of trade progress is also boosting oil prices, which snapped a two-week winning streak...

Something apparently went wrong in Ottawa this morning, as Statistics Canada released the 2018 Q4 economic accounts about 15 minutes before 8:30 a.m. In any case, the GDP report is unambiguously weak....

The Canadian dollar has lost ground in Friday’s North American session. Currently, the pair is trading at 1.3220, down 0.34% on the day. It’s a busy day for fundamentals. Canada’s...

Prices for products sold by Canadian manufacturers, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), declined 0.3% in January, driven primarily by lower prices for energy and petroleum...