The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December 2024. That’s up from 2.7% in November. Energy, food, new and used vehicles, car insurance […]
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Calendar: Jan 13 – Jan 17 2025
Monday January 13 Japanese markets closed China aggregate yuan financing, new yuan loans and trade surplus (2 p.m. ET) U.S. budget balance for December. Earnings include: Cogeco Inc.; Cogeco Communications […]
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U.S. job growth tops expectations in December; unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 per cent as the labour market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing the Federal […]
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Oil jumps more than 3% on concerns over more sanctions on Russia
Oil prices surged on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from more sanctions on Russia. Brent crude […]
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Canada gains more jobs than forecast in December; unemployment rate takes surprise dip to 6.7%
Canada’s economy added nearly quadruple the number of jobs forecasted for December and the unemployment rate surprisingly ticked down to 6.7 per cent, data showed on Friday, giving the central […]
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Aritzia Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results
For Q3 2025, compared to Q3 20241: Net revenue increased 11.5% to $728.7 million, with comparable sales2 growth of 6.6% United States net revenue increased 23.6% to $403.7 million, comprising 55.4% of net revenue Retail net […]
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Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025
Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post. Over […]
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Canadian dollar edges lower against dominant USD
The Canadian dollar CADUSD -0.31%decrease weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday on the first trading day of 2025, but fared better than some other major currencies as oil prices rose and data […]
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Economic Calendar Jan 6 – Jan 10 2025
Monday January 6 China, Japan, U.K. and Euro zone services and composite PMI Germany CPI (9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P Global Services PMI for December. (9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P […]