World markets
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| Hang Seng Index | 23,261.08 | -105.29 (-0.45%) |
| TSEC | 8,398.84 | +15.79 (0.19%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,840.27 | +36.40 (0.53%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,835.01 | +13.36 (0.47%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,051.11 | +14.93 (0.37%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,165.40 | -14.70 (-0.28%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,062.24 | -49.37 (-0.25%) |
| KOSPI | 1,993.83 | +12.74 (0.64%) |
Bernanke Says Premature Tightening Would Endanger Recover
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said raising interest rates or reducing asset purchases too soon would endanger the recovery as the economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts.
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| 942.57 | +3.16 | (0.34%) | |
| 15,280.96 | -106.62 | (-0.69%) | ||
| 1,650.73 | -18.43 | (-1.10%) |
Top stories
The government's efforts to cool the housing market will have a negative impact on the economy and the range of industries that depend on house sales - everything from mortgage financing to furniture and appliance sales - warned the Canadian ...
MONTREAL - The maker of Ski-Doo snowmobiles says its initial public offering has been priced at $21.50 per share - giving the company a market value of about $2.5 billion.
WASHINGTON - The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S.
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Sales at Target Corp.'s new Canadian stores were better than expected during the first quarter, even as the department store chain reported its overall profits dropped 26 per cent.
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| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -0.09% | 777.68M |
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 |