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Monday March 17 China industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment (8:15 a.m. ET) Canadian housing starts for February. Estimate is an annualized rate rise of 4.3 per cent. […] This post is only…

President Donald Trump has escalated a trade dispute with Canada by implementing a blanket 25% tariff on Canadian goods imported into the United States, with some exceptions. The United States […] This post is only…

Canada’s new prime minister rejected the idea repeatedly voiced by President Donald Trump that the nation would become the 51st U.S. state. “We will never, ever, in any way, shape […] This post is only…

Gold prices gained on Thursday, holding near all-time high levels, as elevated tariff uncertainty and bets on monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve kept bullion’s appeal strong. Spot gold […] This post is only…

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Friday that it is adding two stocks and deleting four from the S&P/TSX Composite Index, the broadest measure of the Canadian market. No changes […] This post is only…

U.S. producer prices were unchanged in February for the first time in seven months, while fewer Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, pointing to a stable economy that […] This post is only…

The European Union has announced retaliation plans in response to President Donald Trump’s 25% steel and aluminum tariffs.  A European Commission press release declares that EU retaliatory actions could apply to American exports worth […] This post is only…

Trump’s new 25% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum went into effect Wednesday Canada announced $21 billion in additional tariffs against the U.S. Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s new 25% tariffs […] This post is only…

Bank of Canada’s March 12 interest rate announcement The Bank of Canada cut its policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.75 per cent and warned of an economic downturn amid […] This post is only…