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ECB President Mario Draghi stated yesterday that economic difficulties would drag on in Europe throughout 2013 and that the strength of the single currency is a reflection of improving credit...

The European Central Bank (ECB) released its monetary policy decision yesterday morning and will be maintaining its key rate at 0.75%, as expected. We will keep an eye on President Mario...

The European Central Bank (ECB) released its monetary policy decision this morning and will be maintaining its key rate at 0.75%, as expected. We will keep an eye on President Mario Draghi’s...

Mortgage refinance applications remain at a relatively high level early in 2013. That is good news for homeowners as it comes against a backdrop of record low mortgage rates (courtesy of the...

Positive corporate earnings combined with forecast-beating economic indicators helped markets regain the ground lost the previous day. These sound results also triggered a movement of funds from bond...

After an excellent start to the year, profit taking weighed on financial markets yesterday. This correction stemmed from the political financing scandals in Spain and the resurgence of...

The positive employment figures announced in the United States on Friday are favourable to risk taking and propelled the Dow Jones Index above 14,000 points, a five-year high. Rising stock prices have...

Canada – GDP for the month of November showed a 0.3% increase, one tick higher than consensus expectations. That was the best performance in 7 months. The goods sector saw a 0.6% increase in...

The rise of the USD/CAD paring has faded early in the week, when it collided with an important resistance level. This was a good opportunity for traders to take profit by pushing the pair lower, back...

Despite sizeable injections of liquidity by the global central banks in recent months, bullion prices remain depressed. The yellow metal just cannot seem to break above $1,700/ounce. What will it take...

The U.S. jobs market remains on a sound footing early in 2013. Payroll employment rose 157,000 in January on the back of a 121,000 increase in serviceproducing jobs. As today’s hot Chart shows,...

It appears that U.S. legislators were able to find common ground and will soon be submitting a bill to President Obama to postpone the debt ceiling for three more months. Without the extension, it is...

According to just-released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, household formation bounced back to 947K in 2012 compared to 648K in 2011. However, once again, the homeownership rate declined over the...

Today's the big day for Blackberry maker Research in Motion, whose flagship smartphone launched the company into the tech sector big leagues a few years ago. Many pundits feel that the future of the...

Canada's Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) which polls establishments and lags the more closely watched Labour Force Survey by roughly two months, showed that Canada gained just 3,100...