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Bank Of Canada ’
Jul 10th, 2008 |
By Pierre Lemieux |
Category: Politics & Economics
In the conclusion of his essay, Pierre Lemieux examines the impact the crumbling American ideal has had on the rest of the world, and on Canada in particular.
Tags: , Bank Of Canada, Federal Reserve, Pierre Lemieux, US Banking, US recession
Posted in Politics & Economics |
Jun 20th, 2008 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: International Investing
Canada’s consumer price inflation rose 2.2% year-over-year in May, edging ahead as the Bank of Canada signaled it would last week. The spike suggests Canada’s economy of is also sputtering alongside that of the United States, but soaring commodities costs just may help our northern neighbor skirt recession.
Tags: Athabasca Oil Sands, Bank Of Canada, Canada, CIBC World Markets, Commodity, Fuel Costs, Gasoline, Gdp, inflation, International Investing, Oil Reserves, recession
Posted in International Investing |
Jun 2nd, 2008 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: International Investing
Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.1% in the first quarter (or 0.3% annualized), marking the country’s first decline since the second quarter of 2003.
Tags: Athabasca Tar Sands, Bank Of Canada, Canadian Economy, Canadian exports, Canadian GDP, Canadian Oil Reserves, Commodity Prices, Credit Crunch, Inflation In Canada Interest Rates, JPM
Posted in International Investing |
Jun 2nd, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News
Vietnam has drawn up plans to mine local uranium for its first civilian nuclear power plant, which is expected to come online in 2020.
According to Bloomberg, the project aims to extract about 8,000 metric tons of uranium octaoxide from the central province of Quang Nam.
“If coal is the short-term solution to the world’s energy needs, uranium is the long-term play,” says Jason Simpkins in Money Morning.
Tags: Bank Of Canada, Cameco Corp, Canada, Canadian Stock Picks, Canadian Uranium, Doug Casey, nuclear, Nuclear Power, Simpkins, Uranium etf, Uranium Mining Companies, Uranium Mining Stocks, Uranium Stocks
Posted in Featured, Financial News |
May 5th, 2008 |
By Tom Dyson |
Category: International Investing
Potash has no spot market. The Belarusian Potash Company (BPC), the world’s largest potash trading company, controls 45% of the world’s potash output and sets benchmark international potash prices. Industrial buyers agree on prices with the BPC in one-year contracts.
Tags: Bank Of Canada, Bpc, EnCana, Intrepid Potash, Investment Opportunity, potash, Potash Company, Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan, Royal Bank Of Canada, Stock Prices
Posted in International Investing |
Apr 23rd, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Gold Market
A 50 basis point rate cut by the Bank of Canada and hints that the interest rates are going even lower failed to rally the troops as selling was the story of the day on the Canadian markets during Tuesday trading.
Tags: Bank Of Canada, C 47, C 65, Canada, china, Cominco, gold, Gold Hunter, silver, Tsx, Yukon, Zinc
Posted in Gold Market |