Media Stocks, Market Celebrate Fed’s Stance On Interest Rates – Steady Now, Likely To Fall In 2024

[ad_1] Adobe The U.S. central bank left interest rates unchanged and indicated that rate cuts may be in store next year, very welcome news to the media business and across…

Hong Kong keeps base rate unchanged at 5.75% after Fed’s pause

[ad_1] Fed chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will start cutting rates well before it hits the inflation goal. Fed chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the…

Feds raise minimum cost requirement for international students

[ad_1] Starting on Jan. 1, 2024, international students will need a minimum of $20,635 to support themselves before being approved to study in Canada. That equates to 75 per cent…

Feds Announce Lower Credit Card Fees: Good For Small Business, But What About Consumers?

[ad_1] “This is a big deal,” says Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Small Business (CFIB). “While Canada has had two earlier rounds of negotiated Visa and…

Business Highlights: Fed’s Powell notes easing inflation; Walmart ditches Musk’s X

[ad_1] ___ Fed’s Powell notes inflation is easing but downplays discussion of interest rate cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or…

Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes Are Probably Over, but Officials Are Reluctant to Say So

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 1, 2023 1:43 pm ET Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident that they don’t need to keep raising interest rates to defeat inflation. But they aren’t ready…

Feds giving $1 million to help grieving Canadians

[ad_1] The Canadian government is giving $1 million in funding to the Canadian Grief Alliance (CGA) in an effort to address the growing need for grief support in the…

‘Business as usual is not going to cut it’: Niki Ashton on feds’ economic update and wildfires

[ad_1] As the ash settles on Canada’s record wildfire season, “business as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,” NDP MP Niki Ashton told Canada’s National…

Feds promise long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program, but offer few details

[ad_1] OTTAWA – The “next steps” for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year’s federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic…

Feds in B.C. to pump $10M into Indigenous tourism small business – Vancouver Island Free Daily

[ad_1] The federal government has launched a $10-million program to directly supporting small businesses involved in Indigenous tourism across Canada. Unofficially named “The First Sidewalk” a…