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Financial Insights That Matter Netflix is raising its prices in Canada. The streaming giant says the monthly cost of its cheapest offering – the standard plan with ads – is going up by $2 to $7.99 per month. The standard plan without ads will increase by $2.50 per month to $18.99 while the premium plan […]
Financial Insights That Matter The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Tuesday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie was trading 1% lower at C$1.4447 to the greenback, or 69.22 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.429 to 1.4515. Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 5.6 basis points to […]
Financial Insights That Matter A customer shops at a grocery store in Sharon, Ont., on Nov. 21, 2024. Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press – image credit) Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in December, with the federal government’s GST holiday […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — The dollar bounced back after posting its steepest drop in 14 months amid bets that US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans would spur inflation and prevent further interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Most Read from Bloomberg Bloomberg’s dollar gauge rose as much as 0.7% in Asia Tuesday after […]
Financial Insights That Matter By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar strengthened to a near 5-week high against its U.S. counterpart on Monday as the prospect of U.S. trade tariffs grew less imminent and a Bank of Canada survey showed that firms are beginning to anticipate improved activity. The loonie was trading 1.1% […]
Financial Insights That Matter A new Desjardins report says there are five sectors of the Canadian economy that are most vulnerable to incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. (Photo by Wang Jianwei/Xinhua via Getty Images) · Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images A new Desjardins report says there are five sectors of the Canadian […]
Financial Insights That Matter Ottawa, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – September 1, 2021) – The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA), representing Canada’s leading auto manufacturers, announces the establishment on its new Ottawa office. “The auto manufacturing industry is a critical driver of the Canadian economy,” said Brian Kingston, President & CEO of the CVMA. “It is important […]
Financial Insights That Matter Source: Getty Images Written by Andrew Walker at The Motley Fool Canada Canadian banks delivered mixed results in 2024, with some soaring and others finishing the year lower. The recent pullback in the bank sector has investors wondering which TSX bank stocks might be undervalued right now and good to buy […]
Financial Insights That Matter By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who steered Canada through the global financial crisis and then nearly eliminated the huge budget deficits he had run up in the process, died on Thursday just weeks after resigning. His family said he passed away peacefully in Ottawa, but […]