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State Street Global Markets today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index for August 2007.Global investor confidence rose by 13 points to a level of 99.3. Leading the way were North American institutional investors, whose risk appetite rose by a full 21 points to 116.5.In Europe, by contrast, investors consolidated the pullback […]
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Canadian consumers took a shopping break in June following the largest monthly sales increase in almost a decade in May, Statistics Canada reported today.Despite the drop in June, retail sales were the highest in almost six years during the second quarter, StatsCan said.Total retail sales fell 0.9% to an estimated $34.6 billion in June after […]
Canada’s annual inflation rate in July remained at 2.2% for the fourth month in a row, Statistics Canada said today.Much of the year-over-year rise in the consumer price index was due to higher accommodation costs, as housing prices and mortgage rates increased.Lower prices for gasoline and natural gas mitigated the annual rise in the cost […]
Canadian inflation rate unchanged at 2.2%
Toronto stocks closed higher Monday, as a surge in the materials index led the market forward, despite a negative showing in the energy and financials group. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 60.76, or 0.47%, to 13,110.34, after spending part of the session in negative session. Seven of the 10 TSX main sub-groups finished higher. The […]
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