The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action Sunday to try to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero and saying it would buy $700 billion in Treasury and mortgage bonds. The Fed’s surprise announcement signalled its rising concern that the viral outbreak will depress economic growth in […]
U.S. business economists are slightly more optimistic about economic growth than they were three months ago, and most foresee sales at their companies remaining solid. Those findings emerge from the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics being released Monday. It found that 67 per cent of the business economists who responded to […]
As talks of U.S.-China trade tensions dominate headlines, many investors are keeping a close watch. On June 29, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on the margins of the G20 in Japan. What really stood out from the meeting is that an agreement was reached to resume trade negotiations, says […]
With the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, Angus Sippe, portfolio manager at Schroders shares his views on what the election outcomes may mean for investors. “I think that the split congress that was the result has been historically very positive for markets because of the effectively benign outcome on […]
Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference.
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Author Jeff Rubin says a renegotiated bi-lateral deal is better for Canada and its workers.
David Frum answers a few questions leading up to the Risk Management Conference.
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In an exclusive Q&A, Janice Stein talks about our “hinge moment”