CBJ — Auto sales in Canada were up 0.6% in August, marking the first year-over-year increase in 17 months. The sale of light vehicles went up by a little more than 1,000 with this [...]

CBJ — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is demanding an October 15 federal election after lawmakers seeking to prevent a no-deal Brexit dealt him a humiliating defeat in Parliament, [...]

CBJ — The country posted a merchandise trade deficit of $1.1 billion in July compared with a revised deficit of $55 million June. The result for June was updated from what was originally [...]

CBJ — The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1.75%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2% and the deposit rate is 1.5%. As the US-China trade conflict has [...]

CBJ — U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in three years last month, with new orders and hiring both declining as trade tensions weighed on business confidence, which [...]

CBJ — Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs in Canada and the U.S. because seat backs may not properly restrain people in a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 [...]