Rising Consumer Confidence Boost Markets, While House Prices Continue to Fall According to …

Rising Consumer Confidence Boost Markets, While House Prices Continue to Fall According to S&P/CS
Optimism dominated investors at the start of this week as rising consumer confidence provided investors with hopes that the world’s largest economy is on its way back to recovery, as last week stock markets dropped after the Federal Reserve Bank released new […]


Automakers see Canadian sales fall 17.8%

Automakers are reporting a drop of 17.8 per cent in Canadian sales for April compared with a year ago, with only a handful of foreign companies posting gains.
All of the Big Three suffered declines, led by Chrysler Canada, which saw sales plunge by 36.8 per cent to 15,242 units, according to a tally released Friday […]


Initial Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected

Initial Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
U.S. Unemployment Claims (Weekly) Actual 631K, Expected 639K, Previous 640K
Release Explanation: This report provides the number of people claiming new unemployment benefits and the number of people who are continuing to claim unemployment benefits. Both metrics are provided in weekly and in 4-week moving average form. Very important economic […]