The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.5% as well as maintaining the current level of its monetary stimulus.
A burst of hiring in December pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011.
Canada's economy began creating jobs again in December after two consecutive months of declines, but it was not enough to keep the unemployment rate from edging up a notch to 7.5%.
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In a major shift, the U.S. Federal Reserve will start updating the public four times a year on how long it plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows, according to minutes from its December policy meeting.
TD Canada Trust says Canadians have built up something of a financial cushion going into the holiday season, thanks to a penchant for putting extra dollars aside.
Sun Life Financial has announced that it will stop selling variable annuities and individual life products in the U.S., as the products were the primary causes of the company’s deep financial loss last quarter.
There’s more good news on the labour front in the U.S. today, as the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nine months. New applications dropped by 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 381,000, according to the Labor Department.
Canada's economy bounced back to life in the third quarter after an unexpected dip during the spring that appears to have been primarily caused by temporary factors.
After months of urging consumers to rein in their spending and pay down debt, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the time has come for the government to do just that.