FCAN News and Press, FIRST TR EXCH ALPH From 09/09/20

The Bank of Canada keeps its target for the overnight rate at 0.25% and continues its quantitative easing program with large-scale asset purchases of at least C$5B per week of Canadian government bonds. More news on: iShares MSCI Canada ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust E...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a plunge in immigration levels in Canada. And that could have long-term implications for the country's housing sector. Anthony Okolie speaks with Rishi Sondhi, Economist, TD Bank Group, about the outlook for Canada's real estate markets. Original post ...

Half of the independent Canadian restaurants recently surveyed say that they are unlikely to survive the current crisis. This is bad news for small business owners in the sector, as well as related lenders, employees, landlords, economic growth and tax collection. A similar trend is eviden...

While the tech and the precious metals sector have to date recovered sharply from the first leg of the 2020 market plunge, other more economically reflective sectors like financials, energy and real estate investment trusts are not feeling the same optimism and remain mired in a bear market. S...

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold. It also said the economy continues to face uncertainties because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anthony Okolie speaks with Scott Colbourne, Managing Director, Active Fixed Income, TD Asset Management, about the outlook for the economy. ...

Bank of Canada keeps its key policy rate unchanged at the effective lower bound of 0.25%. More news on: iShares MSCI Canada ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ETF, JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF, Global news and forex, News on ETFs, Read more ...

My argument has been that economies would return to a steady state path, with certain industries crippled (e.g., mass tourism), but other industries able to operate. My guess was that Canadian provinces would show some dispersion based on how they handled the containment of the virus. Tha...

By David Baskin The aphorism "Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror" has been used to describe war and flying (and even baseball, although I beg to differ). The phrase may have originated in the trench warfare of the First World War, and it is a vivid reminder of how sudde...

The Canadian economy added almost 1 million jobs in June. But is this bounce-back temporary? Anthony Okolie speaks with Brian DePratto, Senior Economist, TD Bank, about the pace of the economic recovery as well as the state of business investment and consumer sentiment. Original R...

The reopening of economies is ushering in the early stages of an economic recovery. But with COVID-19 cases surging in the U.S., could the tenuous signs of life in the economy be short – lived? Kim Parlee speaks with Beata Caranci , Chief Economist, TD Bank, on the ...