Bank of Canada Expected to Hold Rate Steady as It Waits for Nafta News

Canada's gross domestic product contracted slightly in January and home sales slowed during the first quarter of 2018, as prospective buyers faced higher interest rates and tougher mortgage-financing rules. Meanwhile, the labor market lost about 40,000 jobs in the first quarter and non-energy exports
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For now, a few big Wall Street firms let customers bet on Bitcoin through futures contracts offered by CME Group Inc. and Cboe Global Markets Inc., though such investments can be expensive, undercutting returns. Additionally, some banks have demanded clients set aside collateral equal to 100 percent
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Investors sentiment decreased to 1.05 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.11, from 1.16 in 2017Q3. It turned negative, as 12 investors sold VASCO Data Security International, Inc. shares while 47 reduced holdings. 23 funds opened positions while 39 raised stakes. 20.10 million shares or 0.93% less from 20.29
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The housing market continued to revive in March with annual house price inflation, excluding Auckland, reaching 7.2%, up from the 6.9% pace in the year ended February. House prices in Auckland rose 0.4% in the month of March, a step down from the 1.4% increase in February, taking the annual
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Even as downside risks mount, Fannie Mae continues to predict strong economic growth for 2018, according to its Economic and Strategic Research Group's April 2018 Economic and Housing Outlook report. Fannie Mae predicts full-year economic growth for 2018 will come in at 2.7%. While it explained
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Analysts say that rather than showing signs of a bubble, Hong Kong's booming housing market will continue to grow and should see prices increase by around 10% this year. “The residential property market is not in a critical stage yet,” said a researcher for Colliers International Hong Kong. “We cannot
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Bloomberg's Greg Farrell discusses the ongoing legal fight over material seized from the office of President Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg). RELATED ARTICLES. Judge Slows U.S. Review of Trump Lawyer's
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Eli Manning hasn't lost his touch. The Giants' starting quarterback sold his waterfront home in Hoboken, NJ, for $3.55 million — the most expensive price anyone has ever paid for a condo or townhouse in the city's history, says a Douglas Elliman spokesman. The second most expensive residential sale
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The race for Al Franken's former Senate seat added another candidate Monday. Real estate developer Jerry Trooien announced a bid for the Senate seat now held by Tina Smith. Trooien, 70, is running as an independent and campaigning against what he described as the political dysfunction of the
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IRVINE, Calif. and SILICON VALLEY, Calif., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Ten-X Commercial, the nation's leading online and only end-to-end transaction platform for commercial real estate, today released its latest U.S. Industrial Market Outlook, including the top five “Buy” and “Sell” markets for
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With the rise of the cryptocurrency market in 2017, many new companies are appearing and a niche that is almost oversaturated in the last few months is the loan niche. Taking their business model from the High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs) these cryptocurrency loan companies use the
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Days after visiting the presidential hopeful's promised land of Iowa, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti laid out ambitious plans to tackle one of his city's most visible and vexing problems: the tens of thousands of Angelenos without permanent places to live or sleep. Eric Garcetti. Photographer: Andrew
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Sources have said in the past that Intrum was set to buy 51 percent of Intesa's bad loan unit, with the Italian bank keeping the rest. … Such risky assets, which normally yield double-digit returns, are high on the radar of international investors who have also been snapping up Italian debt collection firms.
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Episode #3 of HousingWire's weekly newscast features Editor-in-Chief Jacob Gaffney chats with HW reporter Kelsey Ramirez about Bank of America's earnings, Zillow's move into home buying and home selling. Plus, Managing Editor Sarah Wheeler reports live from MBA Tech. HousingWire
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Join us for our Second Annual Industrial event in Chicago on August 1st as we dive deeper into trends, outlooks and what the future holds for commercial real estates hottest sector. Please send event questions and topic/speaker recommendations to Kim Pomerenk at Kim.Pomerenk@bisnow.com.
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Jeff Knight, director of marketing at Foundation Home Loans, said: “Having listened to feedback from the pool of brokers we currently work with, we have taken the initiative and upgraded our portal to better suit those engaging with it. “The improvements ensure brokers have a far better overall view of
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Big League Advance Fund is a company owned by former MLB pitcher Michael Schwimer. The company, of which Browns President Paul DePodesta is a board member, is apparently in the business of seeking out up-and-coming baseball prospects and paying them a chunk of money up front in
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Russia is using compromised computer-network equipment to attack U.S. and British companies and government agencies, the two countries warned in an unprecedented joint alert. The warning on Monday came from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation and
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The Redwood City, California-based company was a late entrant to the cloud, and has continued to face stiff competition from rivals including Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc., all of which have continued to boost their internet-based software offerings. Catz said the company's
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On April 15, 2018, Eldorado Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), Elgin Holdings I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct ….. (vi) Each of the Sellers and the Buyer Purchasing Subsidiaries shall deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Title Company regarding due
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