US November factory orders data • Prior was +0.2% • Factory goods orders ex transportation +0.2% vs +0.2% prior • Durable goods orders -1.2% vs -1.1% preliminary. Last month was ...

post: Canada PM #Trudeau Says He Will Step Down As Soon As Ruling Liberals Choose A Replacement - Says Work Of Parliament Will Be Suspended Until March 24 post: CANADA'S PM TRUDEAU: IF I'M HAVING TO FIGHT INTERNAL PARTY BATTLES, I CANNOT BE THE BEST OPTION IN NEXT ELECTION.Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader Canada’s Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down from the helm of the ruling Liberal Party, but will stay on as prime minister until a new leader is selected. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister after the party selects its next leader through a robust .. process,” he said during a Monday press conference. He added that the Canadian parliament will be prorogued until March. Domestic press had reported he was expected to announce his resignation before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. Canada’s latest political crisis was triggered by the abrupt departure of former Trudeau ally and Deputy and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who resigned in December, citing differences over Ottawa’s response to prospective U.S. trade nationalism over the next four years under Donald Trump’s incoming administration. Dominic LeBlanc has since been appointed to replace her and head the finance ministerial portfolio. Trudeau, 53, who assumed office in 2015 and won re-election twice, suffered a plunge in voter popularity to just 19% in the wake of Freeland’s departure, pollster Abacus Data found on Dec. 17. The Angus Reid on Dec. 30 pronounced a “bruising year for federal Liberals” and assessed just 16% of popular support for the party — its weakest level since the institute began tracking in 2014.