World markets
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| Hang Seng Index | 23,261.08 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| TSEC | 8,398.84 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,840.27 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,835.01 | +13.36 (0.47%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,051.11 | +14.93 (0.37%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,110.40 | -55.00 (-1.06%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,062.24 | -49.37 (-0.25%) |
| KOSPI | 1,988.60 | -5.23 (-0.26%) |
Bernanke Says Premature Fed Tightening Would Endanger Recovery
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank's record stimulus program under questioning from lawmakers, telling them that ending it prematurely would endanger a recovery hampered by high unemployment and government ...
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| 942.08 | +2.67 | (0.28%) | |
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| 1,655.35 | -13.81 | (-0.83%) |
Top stories
The U.S. House of Representatives has turned up the political heat on the Obama administration over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, passing a bill Wednesday that would grant approval for the project.
By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed on Wednesday, led by gold miners, after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S.
Almost a year after the federal government's latest tightening of the rules for insured mortgages, the association that represents mortgage brokers has come out with a dire assessment of the effect of those changes.
Montrealers have become wearily accustomed to murky matters emanating from city hall, but now the dirt is coming straight out of their taps.
A council committee has accepted a plan to base inner-city parking rates on how popular parking is on any given street. The two-hour parking rates would also vary depending on the time of day.
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| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -0.19% | 776.96M |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | -0.0019 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.34% | 0.00 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |