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Economic data showing slowing economy may soon prove there’s enough disinflationary pressure to spur policymakers into actionAnalysts who expect the Bank of Canada’s first interest rate cut in April are rare — but they believe economic data may soon prove th...

  Wall Street saw another busy session of bond sales as issuers looked to borrow before key economic data later this week. Treasuries were mixed after a US$42 billion auction of seven-year notes and a heavy slate of new corporate debt. Seven more issuer...

Hank Cunningham, fixed income strategist, Odlum Brown Limited FOCUS: Fixed income, bonds  MARKET OUTLOOK: The resilience of the U.S. economy has prompted the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to maintain its monetary stance for now. While it has...

The head of Newmont Corp., the world’s largest gold producer, says that his company’s current stock price is the lowest it will be for a generation as the miner attempts to consolidate its collection of top-tier assets. The U.S.-based gold giant recently a...

After Lowe’s Cos. reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, with like-for-like sales dropping 6.2 per cent, one market analyst says these results are reflective of a high mortgage rate environment that may be causing homeowners to step back from home c...

Canada's main stock index was little changed Tuesday as bank earnings began to roll in, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 5.41 points at 21,318.90, or 0.03 per cent . In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was do...

Lowe’s Cos. said its sales will fall further this year as consumers continue to hold off from sprucing up their homes amid higher mortgage rates and a drop in new construction projects. Inflation and a stagnant housing market have made DIY customers “hesit...

Earnings at Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia were marred by increasingly cash-strapped consumers and businesses amid a challenging economic landscape.   The two Toronto-based banks — the first of the big Canadian lenders to report fiscal first-quar...

Buying local the thin edge of the protectionist wedgeI got what looked like a nice email from Amazon last week. There were no spelling mistakes, so I figured it wasn’t a Russian bot and I could click on it. I was right. It was Amazon announcing a new initiat...

Recent tax cases concerning signing bonuses and RCAs will make life even harder for Canadian teamsThe more you look at the Canada Revenue Agency’s case against Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares, the more concern it raises. We apologize, but thi...