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Futures, European shares rebound from Asian weakness following US declines yesterday Investors hike their cash positions, shunning safe-haven yen, gold, dollar and Treasurys US stocks slip across...

A quarter-point increase in the benchmark Fed funds rate, to 2.00%-2.25% has long since been priced into the markets for tomorrow’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers.Investors will instead...

I recently went to the Mexican cities of Chihuahua, the capital of the state by the same name, and Ciudad Juarez, the economic capital and the state's largest city with 1.3 million inhabitants....

EuropeEuropean equity markets are lower today on account of the continued trade tensions. The latest batch of tariffs from the U.S. and China kick in today, and this has dampened the mood. The Chinese...

September is historically the worst month for equities but 2018 is shaping up to be an exception.US stocks hit a record high and this was crucial to the recovery of euro, aussie and other major...

Wholesale sales rose for the third time in five months, up 1.5% to $63.9 billion in July, more than offsetting the 0.9% decline in June. Sales were up in four of seven sub-sectors, representing...

On Friday, Statistics Canada will release the CPI inflation number for August and the July retail trade figure.On the inflation front, LBS Economic Research and Strategy expects a read just a tad...

Dow reaches just 0.6 below its record high, as US tariffs on China considered mild Dollar maintains losses after failed trade talks with Canada Oil boosted on weak dollar and falling inventories Key...

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on renewing NAFTA with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday, a spokesman for Freeland said...

Tuesday, Sept. 18: Five things the markets are talking aboutIt was coming, the market new it was coming, just when and how much were the unknown variables. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed an...

Foreign investment in Canadian securities reached $12.7 billion in July, mainly from acquisitions of federal government bonds. At the same time, Canadian investment in foreign securities totalled...

Everyone wants to know if the US dollar will continue to rise. USD/JPY defied fundamentals this past week to hit a 7-week high but the greenback did not perform as well against other major...

European markets, US futures seesaw amid heightened trade headwinds Hong Kong’s Hang Seng underperforms on fresh US tariff batch and typhoon damages U.S. dollar falls back below week-old...

The Canadian dollar fell Friday. After the Trump administration softened its stance on international trade, in particular by reopening trade talks with China, NAFTA optimism boosted the loonie....