The employment rate rose to 60.8 per cent, the first increase since January 2023. Statistics Canada attributed the rise in the employment rate to slower population growth in the second half of 2024.
Scotiabank’s best rates are typically reserved for customers in its Scotia Mortgage+ bundle program. Due to the pricing advantage, three in four new mortgage customers sign up for other financial ...
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Japan and Indonesia pledged on Saturday to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister, seen as promoting regional cooperation as China ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and Britain restarted economic and financial talks on Saturday after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing, as the U.K.’s Labour ...
“Given the still-elevated unemployment rate and the cooler wage readings, the latest labour market data still leaves the Bank of Canada in a position to cut rates,” Mendes said. He expects the Bank of ...
Whitecap is forecasting that crude prices may be volatile, “but on balance robust” in 2025, particularly as a weak Canadian dollar tends to work to the benefit of exporters. The company’s price ...