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Bank of Canada keeps its policy rate at 2.25%, says tariffs could add to inflation

Bank of Canada keeps its policy rate at 2.25%, says tariffs could add to inflation

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada kept its key policy rate on hold at 2.25% on Wednesday, as widely expected, but said the risks to inflation had grown while new U.S. tariffs made growth prospects more uncertain.
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Bank of Canada keeps its policy rate at 2.25%, says tariffs could hit growth

Bank of Canada keeps its policy rate at 2.25%, says tariffs could hit growth

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada kept its key policy rate on hold at 2.25% on Wednesday, as widely expected, but said the risks to inflation had grown while new U.S. tariffs made growth prospects more uncertain.
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Bank of Canada set to hold rates as strong growth collides with trade risks

Bank of Canada set to hold rates as strong growth collides with trade risks

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 2.25% on Wednesday as recent strong economic growth gives it room to wait while a renewed trade war with the United States clouds the outlook.
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Stocks slide, bond rout deepens as US and Iran trade attacks

Stocks slide, bond rout deepens as US and Iran trade attacks

By Gregor Stuart Hunter and Medha Singh Sept 2 (Reuters) - World stocks fell on Wednesday as fresh U.S. airstrikes on Iran pushed oil prices to five-week highs, stoking inflation concerns and extending a global bond selloff.
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Morning Bid: Bonds boil

Morning Bid: Bonds boil

By Mike Dolan Sept 2 (Reuters) - A new wave of strikes in the Iran war this week has seen energy prices surge once again, adding fuel to the selloff across world bond markets as investors brace for a series of central bank interest rate rises this month.
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Canada's Carney says US needs to start being serious before trade talks can resume

Canada's Carney says US needs to start being serious before trade talks can resume

OTTAWA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. needs to start being serious and stop trying to be tough before talks on a possible trade deal with Canada can restart, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday.
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Analysts react to global bond selloff

Analysts react to global bond selloff

SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark bond yield hit the 3% level for the first time since 1996 on Tuesday amid a broad-based global bond selloff, underscoring how inflation, fiscal concerns and rate hikes are reshaping markets that once anchored global borrowing costs.
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Bond selloff deepens as inflation, oil prices jolt markets

Bond selloff deepens as inflation, oil prices jolt markets

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Global bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday, extending a rout that is raising borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as the Middle East conflict pushes up energy prices, playing into investor fears about inflation and ballooning government debt.
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US urges G20 to cut trade imbalances, focus on China

US urges G20 to cut trade imbalances, focus on China

By Philip Blenkinsop and David Lawder ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration urged other G20 countries on Tuesday to do more to protect their domestic industries and job markets from Chinese imports, arguing such distortions were "sucking" much-needed growth out of
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Stocks cautious on US-Iran escalation, bond yields hit multi-year highs

Stocks cautious on US-Iran escalation, bond yields hit multi-year highs

By Wayne Cole and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - World stock markets looked set to end August on a cautious note on Monday as fresh fighting between the U.S. and Iran pushed oil prices higher, while borrowing costs in Germany and Japan hit fresh multi-year highs.
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Shares skid in Asia as oil climbs, yields stay high

Shares skid in Asia as oil climbs, yields stay high

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Share markets slid on Monday in Asia as fresh fighting broke out between the U.S. and Iran, lifting oil prices, while bond yields stayed elevated after investors narrowed the odds on a U.S. rate hike.
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Shares ease in Asia as oil climbs, yields stay high

Shares ease in Asia as oil climbs, yields stay high

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Share markets slipped in Asia on Monday as fresh fighting broke out between the U.S. and Iran, lifting oil prices, while bond yields stayed painfully elevated after investors narrowed the odds on a U.S. rate hike.