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U.S. job growth slowed in May amid headwinds from tariff uncertainty, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 per cent, potentially giving the Federal Reserve cover to delay resuming interest rate […]

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up for the third consecutive month in May as the economy added 8,800 jobs. The national jobless rate rose to 7 per cent […]

Canada’s trade deficit in April widened to an all-time high of a whopping $7.1 billion, data showed on Thursday, as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump sucked out demand for Canadian goods […]

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent for the second consecutive time, citing ongoing trade uncertainty and an economy that continues to chug […]

Toy maker Spin Master Corp. TOY-T says it has cut jobs across the company as it tries to weather the impact of global tariffs on its business.  In an e-mailed statement, spokeswoman […]

U.S. private payrolls increased far less than expected in May, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Private payrolls increased by only 37,000 jobs last month after a downwardly […]

Monday June 2 China PMI Japan and Euro zone manufacturing PMI (9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P global manufacturing PMI for May. (9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P global manufacturing PMI for […]

A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The administration had told the U.S. […]

Oil prices were steady on Friday and headed for a second consecutive weekly loss, as investors weigh a potentially larger OPEC+ output hike for July, and uncertainty spreads around U.S. tariff […]