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Credit defaults are on track to rise in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, according to a survey by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers, as the risk of global recession mounts. The economic slump is likely to occur later thi...

For all the volatility whipsawing the US bond market, traders are showing increasing confidence that the alarm bells warning of a recession will only get louder. The jump in consumer prices in June by another four-decade high reinforced the near-certainty...

The Bank of Canada's largest interest rate hike in 24 years caused the loonie to drop to a 20-month low as investors feared the U.S. Federal Reserve would mirror the full percentage point hike in two weeks. The Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cen...

Stephen Takacsy, president, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Lester Asset Management FOCUS: Canadian stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Volatility continues to rule capital markets in 2022 due to the aftereffects of the pandemic, including...

Stocks closed well off session lows as comments from Federal Reserve officials brought some relief to investors worried that a more aggressive pace of rate hikes could trigger a recession. The S&P 500 almost erased a slide that topped 2 per cent as Fed Gov...

Canada’s benchmark stock index fell by triple digits Thursday as investors grew increasingly concerned about a looming recession and reacted to negative earnings news from two big American financial services companies. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 28...

Canadian bank stocks slid the most in more than two years as the first round of earnings from US lenders weighed on the outlook for the financial sector amid growing fears of a recession. The S&P/TSX Composite Commercial Banks Index, which tracks Canada’s...

Kevin Carmichael: Recession, soft landing may be determined by how much higher interest rates deter business growth plans Taiga Motors Corp. probably deserved better this week. We apologize, but this video has failed to loa...

Stocks finished lower as a shockingly hot US inflation report rattled financial markets, boosting bets the Federal Reserve could get even more aggressive with its belt-tightening campaign. Amid unnerving swings, the S&P 500 failed to hold gains after rever...

Canadian stocks sunk to their lowest point since March 2021 after the Bank of Canada announced its largest interest rate hike since 1998. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped as much as 1.6 per cent after the nation’s central bank lifted interest rates by 1...