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Exchanges, clearing agencies to thrive in 2025

Sector to enjoy strong volumes, diversification, helpful regulation: Fitch

Disintegrating euro

Europe’s declining growth prospects: Moody’s

Absent reform, region faces serious demographic, productivity challenges

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Banks head into Q4 with investors looking for better days ahead

The S&P TSX bank index is up about 12% since last quarter’s results

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The Bank of Canada will chart its own course in 2025: Mackenzie Investments

The firm sees a Canadian dollar in the 69- to 72-cent range, broadening U.S. stock market in 2025

  • By: Kevin Press
  • November 29, 2024 December 1, 2024
  • 17:16
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Trudeau says no question Trump is serious on tariff threat

Feds started assembling outreach plan for the next U.S. administration in early 2024

Feds posts $13B deficit in first half of the fiscal year

That compares to an $8.2B deficit recorded over the same period last year

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Black Friday shopping fuels retail sales across Canada

By noon Friday, the average online shopping cart in Canada totalled $220: Shopify

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China drives decline in global housing prices

BIS data reveals a growing divergence between advanced, emerging economics

Household debt burden

Amid high housing costs, people are shacking up: report

As population growth remains robust, the size of households is rising too

Europe flag and money

Inflation rose to 2.3% in Europe. That won’t stop the central bank from cutting interest rates

The ECB started cutting rates in June as worries about growth came into sharper focus

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Is Black Friday still a holiday shopping juggernaut in 2024?

It's the biggest day of the year for retail foot traffic in the U.S.: retail tech company

Canadian economy

GDP per capita falls for sixth straight quarter

The StatCan data comes ahead of the BoC's interest rate decision on Dec. 11

Now hiring sign

Employment down, vacancies up: StatCan

Recent employment trends reversed course in September, new data shows

Industry groups come out strongly against Ottawa’s proposed tax changes

Canada is already examining tariffs on certain U.S. items following Trump’s tariff threat

A Canadian government official said Ottawa is preparing for every eventuality

Canada US

Canada should play ball with Trump: NBF

Faced with tariff threat, Canada should adjust policy to secure access to U.S. market, report says

inflation at the grocery store

Inflation gauge ticks higher in U.S.

Price pressures prove stubborn, a sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months

U.S. economy

U.S. economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter

GDP report still showed that the American economy is proving surprisingly durable

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Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits falls again

Applications fell by 2,000 to 213,000 for the week of Nov. 23, near seven-month lows

Merger acquisition

Trump administration could usher new wave of M&A activity

Wall Street is betting corporate dealmaking could bounce back next year with lower rates, looser scrutiny

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Trudeau, premiers to meet Wednesday after Trump trade threat

Ontario's premier called the tariff threats serious, unfounded

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Outlook for global fund sector improving: Fitch

Easing economic, financial conditions point to growth for fund managers

US Canadian dollar

Loonie falls to lowest level since 2020 after Trump threatens tariffs

Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on all products from Canada, Mexico

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G20 trade grew in third quarter: OECD

Both goods, services trade activity rose after mixed second quarter

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Consumer debt reaches record $2.5T, credit bureaus say

The pace of missed payments has slowed following recent interest rate cuts: Equifax

Trump threatens sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China

When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs