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Surging unemployment rate pushes traders to ramp up bets for a half-point interest-rate cut next weekCanada’s dollar weakened toward its worst closing level in almost five years and bond yields fell as a surging unemployment rate pushed traders to ramp up be...

Timing of fiscal refresh unknown with some saying it could land post-Christmas as rumours 'swirl' it won't come at allCanada’s fall fiscal calendar has a significant event missing from it. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing yo...

Jobless rate at its highest since January 2017, excluding the pandemicCanada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent in November, raising the odds of a 50-basis point cut by the Bank of Canada next week, according to some economists. We apologize, but th...

This is the last major data before the central bank decides on interest rates next weekNovember’s job numbers — the final piece of data the Bank of Canada is waiting on to help inform its interest rate decision next week — showed the economy gained 51,000 po...

With the holidays fast approaching, the number of parcels that remain unprocessed continues to growWhile Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers try to find their way back to the negotiating table, the impact of their standoff continues to rippl...

Watch Retail Council of Canada CEO Diane Brisebois on the impact of the Canada Post strike, GST holiday and moreDiane Brisebois, chief executive of the Retail Council of Canada, talks about the challenges retailers face in a ‘perfect storm’ this holiday seas...

Bank reported a fourth-quarter profit, but didn't meet analyst expectations Get the latest from Naimul Karim straight to your inbox Sign Up Toronto-Dominion Bank has suspended its medium-term financial targets as it looks to undergo a “broad and detai...

The expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline represented a $24 billion bid to help the country’s oil producers reduce their near-total reliance on the US market. That’s a bet that may pay off sooner than expected if President-elect Donald Trump follows...

Jimmy Jean: Bank of Canada wants to cut, but needs to be careful on inflationJimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins Group, talks with the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about Canada’s “mixed bag” economy and whether the Bank of Canada...

Union says it's ready to get back to federal mediationOTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it’s sent another round of counter-proposals to the federal mediator appointed to help it reach a deal with Canada Post as a countrywide strike nears the...