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Cocoa prices recover after slumping 20% amid record low liquidity
FILE PHOTO: A fly rests on sun-dried cocoa beans at a warehouse in Kwabeng in the Eastern Region, Ghana, February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo
international business
Huge debt costs mean climate spending could make emerging nations insolvent, report says
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deserted and flooded traditional homestead following heavy rains in Garsen, Tana Delta within Tana River county, Kenya November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
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Fintech giant Stripe says raised $694-million in tender offer
FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Stripe logo in this illustration picture taken March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Spirit Airlines gets credit from IAE that will boost liquidity
FILE PHOTO: A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Bond market sees inflation as a wild card for easing timetable at Fed meeting
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during his appearance before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, March 6, 2024, in Washington.
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Inflation, U.S. election to drive 2024 markets: JPMorgan trader survey
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Spartanburg, S.C., Monday, Feb. 5.
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Odd bond calm loosening Fed squeeze
Mike Dolan
u.s. business
PacWest sells US$3.54-billion loan portfolio to asset manager Ares
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 4: A Pacific Western Bank sign is seen on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Pacific Western Bank's stock plunged Thursday in the wake of other bank failures. Following an unusual outflow of deposits this week, PacWest Bancorp says it plans to sell a $2.7 billion loan portfolio. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Tranquility reigns over markets still awash with cash, for now
People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018.
advisor stocks
With a liquidity crisis looming, investors must switch their thinking
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 14, 2023, shows a Silicon Valley Bank office in Tempe, Arizona. - US banks tightened lending standards in the first few months this year, and expect this to continue over the rest of 2023, said a Federal Reserve survey released on May 8, 2023. (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
After First Republic’s failure, Canadian banks need to come clean on capital
Rita Trichur
u.s. business
Global central banks signal end of financial market turmoil with cut in dollar funding line
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside the European Central Bank (ECB) building, in Frankfurt, Germany, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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OSFI mulls changes to guard against risks to variable mortgages, bank liquidity
Canada's banking regulator is expected to make an announcement regarding the interest rate used in a key stress test for uninsured mortgages this morning. New homes are built in a housing construction development in the west-end of Ottawa on May 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Credit Suisse pays back some emergency liquidity, central bank data suggests
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the Credit Suisse bank in Geneva, Switzerland, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
opinion
The financial turmoil is not over
Ian Harnett
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U.S. money supply falling at fastest rate since 1930s
Visitors to the financial district walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23.
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Buoyant bitcoin’s losing its liquidity
Souvenir tokens representing cryptocurrency Bitcoin plunge into water in this illustration taken May 17, 2022.
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First Republic getting $30-billion infusion from U.S. banking giants to avert crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 16: A pedestrian walks by a First Republic Bank office on March 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. A week after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed, First Republic Bank is considering a sale following a dramatic 60 percent drop in its stock price over the past week. The bank also received $70 billion in emergency loans from JP Morgan Chase and the Federal Reserve. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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‘We do not believe there is a liquidity crunch facing the banking industry’ : Morgan Stanley analyst
Silicon Valley Bank, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank and Wells Fargo logos are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken March 10.
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Bond ETFs suck liquidity out of market in a crisis, academics say
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 14, 2023 in New York City. The Dow was down in morning trading following news that the January consumer price index (CPI) report showed that inflation grew at a 6.4% annual rate. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Markets ride US$1-trillion global liquidity wave
Headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China September 28, 2018.
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Why equities are strong despite weakening profits outlook
The New York Stock Exchange is seen in New York, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
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Pimco ETF makes history with move to open outcry pit
investment ideas
Global markets like ‘whack-a-mole’, volatility, liquidity are issues: bank execs
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Five ways the Fed could calm frazzled markets
international business
Celsius Network files for permission to sell its stablecoin holdings
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U.S. Treasury traders switch strategies as liquidity problems worsen
advisor stocks
Why the recent flurry of tech firms’ stock splits is a positive for portfolio construction
international business
Singapore-based crypto lender Hodlnaut suspends withdrawals
technology
Bitcoin plunges as Caisse-backed crypto company Celsius Network freezes customer withdrawals, transfers
asia-pacific business
China central bank to step up policy implementation to support economy
globe investor
Treasury market faces liquidity risks as U.S. Fed pares balance sheet
investment ideas
Traders ready for wilder swings as rate rises stoke volatility
your practice
Key strategies from some of Canada’s top advisors for this tax season
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Immediate financing arrangements that leverage permanent life insurance policies grow in popularity