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A debate at London city council surrounding an already pulled back curfew on gas-powered lawn and gardening equipment boiled over Tuesday afternoon. The civic works committee proposed holding a public meeting on the idea of a curfew on the use of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. The bylaw currently prohibits the use of all ...
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Some attractions at Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks automatically stopped Sunday after a brief power outage, with the operator reporting there were no injuries. Guests were led from the attractions after they stopped at around 3:30 p.m., according to operator Oriental Land Co., which runs resort facilities such as Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. ...
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When Storm Isha hit Northern Ireland and northern Britain in January 2024, wind gusts of almost 100mph caused widespread damage to property. This strong extra-tropical cyclone also influenced both the insurance and energy sectors. Isha resulted in damages which required the insurance industry to pay out approximately €500 million (£427 million). That’s a ...
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Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers to discuss today’s policy announcement. Governing Council decided monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive and lowered the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75%. We’ve come a long way in the fight against inflation. And our confidence that inflation will continue to move closer to the 2% target has increased over recent months. The considerable progress we’ve made to restore price stability is welcome news for Canadians. Since our Monetary Policy Report in April, underlying inflation has continued to ease and economic growth has resumed. With the economy in excess supply, there is room for growth even as inflation continues to recede. Let me provide a little more detail about these dynamics. After stalling in the second half of last year, economic growth picked up in the first quarter of this year. At 1.7%, growth was lower than projected in the April report. But consumption growth was solid at about 3%, and business investment and housing activity also increased. In the labour market, businesses are continuing to hire workers. Employment has been growing, but at a slower pace than the working-age population. This has allow post: BoC’s Macklem: Timing Of Further Cuts Depends On Data, Will Be Taking Decisions One Meeting At A Time post: *MACKLEM: PATH OF INTEREST RATES LIKELY TO BE GRADUAL post: *MACKLEM: DON'T NEED TO MOVE IN LOCKSTEP WITH FEDERAL RESERVE post: BoC’s Macklem: There Are Limits To How Far BoC Can Diverge From Fed; Currently Not Close To Limits
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WTI crude oil fell through its range support with a large bearish gap to $72.60 per barrel. Price might still close the gap before resuming its selloff. The Fibonacci retracement tool shows that the former range support coincides with the 50% level at $76.60 per barrel while the 61.8% level is closer to the dynamic inflection points at the moving averages ...
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A debate at London city council surrounding an already pulled back curfew on gas-powered lawn and gardening equipment boiled over Tuesday afternoon. The civic works committee proposed holding a public meeting on the idea of a curfew on the use of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. The bylaw currently prohibits the use of all ...
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There is universal anticipation that the Bank of Canada (BoC) will reduce its policy rate by 25 bps at its upcoming gathering on Wednesday, June 5. It will be the first rate cut ...
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Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers answer reporters’ questions following the policy rate decision.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer have gone head-to-head in their first TV debate of the 2024 election campaign. Here, we look at the evidence behind some ...
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Private sector employment increased by 152,000 jobs in May and annual pay was up 5.0 percent year-over-year, according to the May ADP® National Employment ReportTM produced by the ...
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Economic activity in the services sector grew in May after contracting in April for the first time since December 2022, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the ...
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The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The global economy grew by about 3% in the first quarter of 2024, broadly in line with the Bank’s April Monetary Policy Report (MPR) projection. In the United States, the economy expanded more slowly than was expected, as weakness in exports and inventories weighed on activity. Growth in private domestic demand remained strong but eased. In the euro area, activity picked up in the first quarter of 2024. China’s economy was also stronger in the first quarter, buoyed by exports and industrial production, although domestic demand remained weak. Inflation in most advanced economies continues to ease, although progress towards price stability is bumpy and is proceeding at different speeds across regions. Oil prices have averaged close to the MPR assumptions, and financial conditions are little changed since April. In Canada, economic growth resumed in the first quarter of 2024 after stalling in the second half of last year. At 1.7%, first-quarter GDP growt post: Bank of Canada: "With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, ... monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive." "Recent data has increased our confidence that inflation will continue to move towards the 2% target." post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT MORE RATE CUTS IF INFLATION CONTINUES TO EASE. post: BOC'S GOV. MACKLEM: WE ARE TAKING OUR RATE DECISIONS ONE MEETING AT A TIME.Bank of Canada Rate Cut: How It Alters The Housing Market It happened. The Bank of Canada finally lowered its overnight rate. It was a characteristically cautious reduction — 5% to 4.75% — but as the Bank’s first rate cut in over four years, it brings with it a certain sense of cloud-parting. “With continued evidence that underlying inflation is easing, Governing Council agreed that monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive and reduced the policy interest rate by 25 basis points,” the Bank of Canada stated in a press release. A lower overnight rate means most lenders will be rolling out slightly lower prime rates in the next 24 hours. Expect softer variable rates on personal loans, certain credit cards and the two-trillion-dollar elephant in the room, mortgages. What will a modest reduction in variable rates mean for the housing market? We won’t really know until there’s a few months’ worth of data to chew on, but here are the likeliest scenarios.
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WTI crude oil fell through its range support with a large bearish gap to $72.60 per barrel. Price might still close the gap before resuming its selloff. The Fibonacci retracement tool shows that the former range support coincides with the 50% level at $76.60 per barrel while the 61.8% level is closer to the dynamic inflection points at the moving averages ...
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video WTI crude oil continued to weaken on Tuesday as it fell to a new retracement low of 72.73. Support showed up from there leading to an intraday bounce. That low put crude oil 17.3% below the most recent swing high of 87.89. Notice that today’s low was essentially bouncing off a bottom trend channel line. It was also just above the 78.6% Fibonacci ...
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CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its May 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26 million contracts for the month, up 4% from May 2023. The company's interest rate and metals products also reached May ADV records, as its deeply liquid U.S. Treasury complex hit a new single-day record of ...