TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s economy gained a net 15,300 jobs in April, entirely in part-time work, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The jobless rate edged down to 5.2%, a new record low. Employment in the goods producing sector fell by a net 16,000 jobs, mostly in construction. The services sector grew by a net 31,4600…
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve may have to push long-term real rates into a contractionary stance in order to help bring inflation down, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday. “We will need to observe incoming data over the next several months to determine if fulfilling current guidance is enough to bring inflation back…
(Reuters) -Agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp said on Friday it expects operations at some of its production facilities to be affected for “several days and potentially longer” following a ransomware attack. The company’s shares were down 4% at $125.55. AGCO did not disclose the names of the facilities or if any data was stolen, but…
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – Individual investors were major buyers on Thursday as stocks sold off over concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve would have to increase the size of interest rate hikes to tame inflation, which is running at a four-decade high. Retail investors were net buyers of $2.6 billion worth of…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian economy added far fewer jobs than expected in April, though the unemployment rate inched down to new record low of 5.2% and the labor market remained very tight, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday. After adding more than 400,000 jobs over the previous two months, Canada added a modest 15,300…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth increased more than expected in April, underscoring the economy’s strong fundamentals despite a contraction in gross domestic product in the first quarter. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 428,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said in its closely watched employment report on Friday. Data for March was…
LONDON (AP) — Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta would have to comply with tough British rules under a new digital watchdog aimed at giving consumers more choice online — or face the threat of big fines. The United Kingdom government on Friday outlined the powers it’s planning for its Digital Markets…
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed that last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the…
(Reuters) -The Russian rouble dropped sharply on Friday, pulling back from a more than two-year high against the euro as the spectre of more sanctions against Moscow hung over markets ahead of a second consecutive long holiday weekend. The European Union’s executive on Wednesday proposed the toughest package of sanctions yet against Russia for its…
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court on Friday acquitted all defendants, Deutsche Bank and Nomura over derivative deals that prosecutors say helped Monte dei Paschi di Siena hide losses in one of the country’s biggest financial scandals. The verdict, read in court on Friday by lead judge Angela Scalise, overturned a previous ruling in…
