US stocks rose on Powell’s remarks, with all three major indices on Wall Street up sharply at around 10am local time in Washington (1400 GMT). The annual economic symposium in …
Canada’s economy shed 2,800 jobs in July while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Employment fell in wholesale and retail trade, which shed …
This fuelled a sharp rally in the yen, causing a disorderly unwinding of the yen-funded “carry trade” and contributing to a staggering 20 per cent decline in the Topix index, …
Persistent staffing shortages in the health-care sector across Canada in the wake of the pandemic have led some organizations, including some provincial government agencies, to increasingly call upon temporary foreign workers to …
Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light to hire more than double the people through the federal …
“I started imagining a great future,” Sahu, 41, said at his home in Golanthara, a village in the eastern state of Odisha. But after arriving in Vietnam, he and four …
Is this all US$60 billion worth of central bank interventions in global foreign exchange markets buys you these days? It is a question that is undoubtedly preying on the minds …
Canada’s recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, …
The Bank of Canada is getting closer to cutting interest rates as inflation shows signs of coming down and staying down, the central bank’s governor, Tiff Macklem, told MPs Thursday. …
Cost of Living9:40Why you should consider a job in the trades A shortage of qualified people to work in skilled trades is making rising costs of living even worse, economists …