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Markets are pricing in a 50 basis-point cut to the policy rateThe Bank of Canada is set to make its final policy rate decision of the year on Wednesday, with markets now betting the central bank will make another outsized cut of 50 basis points, bringing the...

Scotiabank and BMO join pack calling for 50-bps interest rate cut We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Posthaste: Why top economists are changing their Bank of Canada...

The federal government's bet on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion may pay off sooner than expectedThe expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline represented a US$24 billion bid to help the country’s oil producers reduce their near-total reliance on th...

Shares of the Alberta-based bank dropped as much as 12%Canadian Western Bank shares sank after the firm delayed its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release Friday morning and left investors guessing why. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try...

Surging unemployment rate pushes traders to ramp up bets for a half-point interest-rate cut next weekCanada’s dollar weakened toward its worst closing level in almost five years and bond yields fell as a surging unemployment rate pushed traders to ramp up be...

Timing of fiscal refresh unknown with some saying it could land post-Christmas as rumours 'swirl' it won't come at allCanada’s fall fiscal calendar has a significant event missing from it. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing yo...

Jobless rate at its highest since January 2017, excluding the pandemicCanada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent in November, raising the odds of a 50-basis point cut by the Bank of Canada next week, according to some economists. We apologize, but th...

This is the last major data before the central bank decides on interest rates next weekNovember’s job numbers — the final piece of data the Bank of Canada is waiting on to help inform its interest rate decision next week — showed the economy gained 51,000 po...

With the holidays fast approaching, the number of parcels that remain unprocessed continues to growWhile Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers try to find their way back to the negotiating table, the impact of their standoff continues to rippl...

Watch Retail Council of Canada CEO Diane Brisebois on the impact of the Canada Post strike, GST holiday and moreDiane Brisebois, chief executive of the Retail Council of Canada, talks about the challenges retailers face in a ‘perfect storm’ this holiday seas...