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U.S. lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month and unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.4% article image
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U.S. lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month and unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.4%

Stocks sink after oil prices near a 2-year high and reports suggest a slowing US economy article image trader at desk

Stocks sink after oil prices near a 2-year high and reports suggest a slowing US economy

S&P/TSX composite down more than 330 points, oil rises above US$80 a barrel article image Yellow down arrows over a financial graph

S&P/TSX composite down more than 330 points, oil rises above US$80 a barrel

Big banks’ blockchain test a mixed bag article image man standing with his hands on his hips

Big banks’ blockchain test a mixed bag

Getting back to balance may be tricky: NBF article image Building under construction

Getting back to balance may be tricky: NBF

U.S. stocks fall as oil prices climb more article image Oil barrels

U.S. stocks fall as oil prices climb more

China sets a lower economic growth target for 2026 as challenges loom article image China flag

China sets a lower economic growth target for 2026 as challenges loom

Many Canadian women seeing limited pathways to promotions: study article image man and woman facing easy and difficult staircases

Many Canadian women seeing limited pathways to promotions: study

Canada, U.S. stock markets rise amid softer increases in the price of oil article image Oil barrels

Canada, U.S. stock markets rise amid softer increases in the price of oil

Provincial economies increasingly diverging: BMO article image View of Canadian city through a structure shaped like a maple leaf

Provincial economies increasingly diverging: BMO

U.S. stocks rebound after strong economic updates and an easing of oil prices article image tightrope

U.S. stocks rebound after strong economic updates and an easing of oil prices

February auto sales drop 0.2% amid trade, economic volatility: DesRosiers article image Car lot

February auto sales drop 0.2% amid trade, economic volatility: DesRosiers

Economic uncertainty must not become financial market instability: Macklem article image Tiff Macklem

Economic uncertainty must not become financial market instability: Macklem

Wall Street is mixed and oil prices stabilize with war in Iran entering a fifth day article image Oil barrels

Wall Street is mixed and oil prices stabilize with war in Iran entering a fifth day

Global banks, fund managers sheltered from conflict article image Man looking through binoculars

Global banks, fund managers sheltered from conflict

S&P/TSX composite tumbles 2%, U.S. markets also down article image German colours against chart

S&P/TSX composite tumbles 2%, U.S. markets also down

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Mideast war driving up Europe natural gas prices, highlighting Canada’s potential article image oil and gas

Mideast war driving up Europe natural gas prices, highlighting Canada’s potential

Rising foreign investment in Canada doesn’t tell the whole story, economists say article image map of Canada with a hand underneath

Rising foreign investment in Canada doesn’t tell the whole story, economists say

China’s economic ambitions hit limits to growth as its national congress meets article image China flag

China’s economic ambitions hit limits to growth as its national congress meets

Iran war casts a pall over U.K. economic update article image Big Ben

Iran war casts a pall over U.K. economic update

Dow drops 400 points after trimming an earlier plunge of 1,200 article image Market volatility

Dow drops 400 points after trimming an earlier plunge of 1,200

TSX rises with oil prices, U.S. stock markets mixed after Iran strike article image Airplane flying overhead

TSX rises with oil prices, U.S. stock markets mixed after Iran strike

Big banks boast strong first quarter: Fitch article image Banks downtown Toronto

Big banks boast strong first quarter: Fitch

Oil prices leap on worries about Iran war, while U.S. stocks trim their sharp losses article image Globe screen

Oil prices leap on worries about Iran war, while U.S. stocks trim their sharp losses

Oil prices surge on Strait of Hormuz tanker disruptions article image Oil barrels

Oil prices surge on Strait of Hormuz tanker disruptions