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Nvidia’s market value crossed $3 trillion for the first time Wednesday, propelling the chipmaker above Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world. The chipmaker, whose processors are central to powering the current artificial intelligence (AI) craze, saw its shares climb 5.16 percent Wednesday ahead of Friday’s stock split. Microsoft ...
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Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III entered circulation on Wednesday for the first time, the Bank of England said in a statement. Charles will be pictured on the front of the £5, £10, £20, and £50 banknotes, and will be seen through the notes’ see-through security window. Otherwise the notes will remain unchanged in their design. As well as ...
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GDP, or gross domestic product, is all over financial news. It’s a measure of the value of all the goods and services in a country, but what does it actually mean? Well, it works as an indicator for how well or poorly a nation’s overall economy is faring. Do policies need adjusting? Are people gainfully employed? Watch to learn how GDP works and why it ...
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Economic activity in the services sector grew in May after contracting in April for the first time since December 2022, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®. The Services PMI® registered 53.8 percent, indicating sector expansion for the 46th time in 48 months. The report was issued today by ...
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The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The global economy grew by about 3% in the first quarter of 2024, broadly in line with the Bank’s April Monetary Policy Report (MPR) projection. In the United States, the economy expanded more slowly than was expected, as weakness in exports and inventories weighed on activity. Growth in private domestic demand remained strong but eased. In the euro area, activity picked up in the first quarter of 2024. China’s economy was also stronger in the first quarter, buoyed by exports and industrial production, although domestic demand remained weak. Inflation in most advanced economies continues to ease, although progress towards price stability is bumpy and is proceeding at different speeds across regions. Oil prices have averaged close to the MPR assumptions, and financial conditions are little changed since April. In Canada, economic growth resumed in the first quarter of 2024 after stalling in the second half of last year. At 1.7%, first-quarter GDP growt post: Bank of Canada: "With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, ... monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive." "Recent data has increased our confidence that inflation will continue to move towards the 2% target." post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT MORE RATE CUTS IF INFLATION CONTINUES TO EASE. post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: WE ARE TAKING OUR RATE DECISIONS ONE MEETING AT A TIME.Bank of Canada Rate Cut: How It Alters The Housing Market It happened. The Bank of Canada finally lowered its overnight rate. It was a characteristically cautious reduction — 5% to 4.75% — but as the Bank’s first rate cut in over four years, it brings with it a certain sense of cloud-parting. “With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, Governing Council agreed that monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive and reduced the policy interest rate by 25 basis points,” the Bank of Canada stated in a press release. A lower overnight rate means most lenders will be rolling out slightly lower prime rates in the next 24 hours. Expect softer variable rates on personal loans, certain credit cards and the two-trillion-dollar elephant in the room, mortgages. What will a modest reduction in variable rates mean for the housing market? We won’t really know until there’s a few months’ worth of data to chew on, but here are the likeliest scenarios.
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Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers to discuss today’s policy announcement. Governing Council decided monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive and lowered the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75%. We’ve come a long way in the fight against inflation. And our confidence that inflation will continue to move closer to the 2% target has increased over recent months. The considerable progress we’ve made to restore price stability is welcome news for Canadians. Since our Monetary Policy Report in April, underlying inflation has continued to ease and economic growth has resumed. With the economy in excess supply, there is room for growth even as inflation continues to recede. Let me provide a little more detail about these dynamics. After stalling in the second half of last year, economic growth picked up in the first quarter of this year. At 1.7%, growth was lower than projected in the April report. But consumption growth was solid at about 3%, and business investment and housing activity also increased. In the labour market, businesses are continuing to hire workers. Employment has been growing, but at a slower pace than the working-age population. This has allow post: BoC’s Macklem: Timing Of Further Cuts Depends On Data, Will Be Taking Decisions One Meeting At A Time post: *MACKLEM: PATH OF INTEREST RATES LIKELY TO BE GRADUAL post: *MACKLEM: DON'T NEED TO MOVE IN LOCKSTEP WITH FEDERAL RESERVE post: BoC’s Macklem: There Are Limits To How Far BoC Can Diverge From Fed; Currently Not Close To Limits
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There is universal anticipation that the Bank of Canada (BoC) will reduce its policy rate by 25 bps at its upcoming gathering on Wednesday, June 5. It will be the first rate cut ...
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Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers answer reporters’ questions following the policy rate decision.
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The US services sector expanded in May by the most in nine months, powered by the largest monthly gain in a measure of business activity since 2021. The Institute for Supply ...
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Economic activity in the services sector grew in May after contracting in April for the first time since December 2022, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the ...
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The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The global economy grew by about 3% in the first quarter of 2024, broadly in line with the Bank’s April Monetary Policy Report (MPR) projection. In the United States, the economy expanded more slowly than was expected, as weakness in exports and inventories weighed on activity. Growth in private domestic demand remained strong but eased. In the euro area, activity picked up in the first quarter of 2024. China’s economy was also stronger in the first quarter, buoyed by exports and industrial production, although domestic demand remained weak. Inflation in most advanced economies continues to ease, although progress towards price stability is bumpy and is proceeding at different speeds across regions. Oil prices have averaged close to the MPR assumptions, and financial conditions are little changed since April. In Canada, economic growth resumed in the first quarter of 2024 after stalling in the second half of last year. At 1.7%, first-quarter GDP growt post: Bank of Canada: "With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, ... monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive." "Recent data has increased our confidence that inflation will continue to move towards the 2% target." post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT MORE RATE CUTS IF INFLATION CONTINUES TO EASE. post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: WE ARE TAKING OUR RATE DECISIONS ONE MEETING AT A TIME.Bank of Canada Rate Cut: How It Alters The Housing Market It happened. The Bank of Canada finally lowered its overnight rate. It was a characteristically cautious reduction — 5% to 4.75% — but as the Bank’s first rate cut in over four years, it brings with it a certain sense of cloud-parting. “With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, Governing Council agreed that monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive and reduced the policy interest rate by 25 basis points,” the Bank of Canada stated in a press release. A lower overnight rate means most lenders will be rolling out slightly lower prime rates in the next 24 hours. Expect softer variable rates on personal loans, certain credit cards and the two-trillion-dollar elephant in the room, mortgages. What will a modest reduction in variable rates mean for the housing market? We won’t really know until there’s a few months’ worth of data to chew on, but here are the likeliest scenarios.
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Private sector employment increased by 152,000 jobs in May and annual pay was up 5.0 percent year-over-year, according to the May ADP® National Employment ReportTM produced by the ...
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The US Dollar remains on the defensive this week with DXY trading into yearly trend support ahead of major event risk over the next week. The focus is on a key pivot zone around the yearly moving average with the broader December rally now at risk. These are the updated targets and invalidation levels that matter on the DXY weekly technical chart. chart ...
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NZDUSD has been in an aggressive uptrend following its 2024 bottom of 0.5851 in mid-April. On Tuesday, the pair stormed to its highest level since March 8 before sustaining minor losses probably due to some profit taking. Should the bulls attempt to push the price higher, immediate resistance could be found at the February-March double top region of 0.6215. ...
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Only a few weeks remain until the world’s premier online trading event, iFX EXPO International 2024, opens its doors to thousands of global industry professionals and C-level executives on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Registrations are still open for this year’s showpiece expo, which is back bigger and better than ever before, returning to ...