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15,000 volunteers mobilized for the annual fundraising of the Food Bank in Brittany
This Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November, the food bank is organizing its major annual food drive across France. In Brittany, 700 stores and 15,000 volunteers are mobilized all weekend…
Bank of Canada should have its cryptocurrency, says CD Howe
(Ottawa) The CD Howe Institute believes the Bank of Canada should issue a digital currency that can be converted to cash. Posted on November 25, 2021 at 11:54 a.m. In…
Mexico: Victoria Rodriguez, first woman appointed head of Mexican central bank
MEXICO | Mexican Secretary of State for Finance Victoria Rodriguez has been appointed governor of the Central Bank of Mexico by left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ahead of the…
Debt: Households May Suffer From Upcoming Rate Hikes, Says Bank of Canada
The number of heavily indebted Canadian households appears to be on the rise again as pandemic aid from governments ends, a Bank of Canada deputy governor noted on Tuesday. In…
Laurentian Bank to halve its office space in downtown Montreal
Laurentian Bank will reduce its office space in half in downtown Montreal as part of its strategic plan that it will unveil on December 10. The Montreal financial institution announced…
Household debt is still growing, notes Bank of Canada
(Ottawa) The number of heavily indebted Canadian households appears to be on the rise again as pandemic aid from governments ends, a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada noted…
The food bank is relaunching its solidarity baskets, a necessity for the Limoges association
The food bank’s solidarity baskets are back. Since the health crisis, the association had had to learn to reinvent itself to meet the growing needs of food. In 2020, she…
Large investors | TD Bank loses support
While TD Bank accounted for around 7% of the portfolio of Montreal institutional investor Jarislowsky Fraser at the start of 2021, this position has been eradicated as of today. The…
Bank of Canada links rate to employment
(Ottawa) The pandemic has complicated the assessment of labor market conditions and inflationary pressures, creating additional uncertainty as to when inflation will return to its 2.0% target, a deputy governor…
Biden facing the delicate choice of the future president of the central bank
(Washington) Joe Biden could announce the name of the next president of the US central bank this week, a delicate choice because the Democrat wants to avoid another political battle…
Over 450 settler attacks on Palestinians since 2020 in the West Bank
From early 2020 to mid-2021, Israeli settlers carried out more than 450 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, without the Israeli army intervening in the majority of cases…
Bank of Canada must reduce inequality, says Tiff Macklem
(Ottawa) The governor of the Bank of Canada made an argument for central bank actions during the pandemic, hours after the country’s opposition leader suggested the institution focus on its…
Occupied West Bank | Israel uses facial recognition to monitor and file Palestinians
(Hebron) The Israeli army has developed a facial recognition system to record Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli organization told AFP on Tuesday that collected testimonies from soldiers,…
Breaking the bank for a promise | Press
Imagine a government planning the most expensive infrastructure project of its generation. Posted on November 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. He promises to build it, no matter the cost, no…
return of the festival on the Pentecost weekend but without the bank holiday
The FIMU 2021 in COVID mode barely finished in mid-September this year, which we are already planning on that of 2022. The 35th edition returns next year to its usual…
Bank of Canada to study impact of climate change on inflation
The Bank of Canada has indicated that it plans to take a closer look at the impact of increasingly frequent and severe weather events on the prices consumers pay for…
Fossil energies | Extinction Rebellion denounces the Royal Bank on the A40
New banners appeared along Highway 40 in Montreal on Friday. Two days before COP26, the militant group Extinction Rébellion covered two billboards with their own posters denouncing the Royal Bank…
Monetary policy: the Bank of Canada will do “its job” to curb inflation
The Bank of Canada will do “its job” in the face of the threat of inflation, she assured when announcing an acceleration of the return to normal of its monetary…
The Bank of Canada still maintains its key rate at 0.25%
The Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it was keeping its key interest rate at 0.25%, noting that inflation now seemed more powerful and persistent than expected. The central…
Bank of Canada keeps key rate at 0.25%
Despite the continuing economic recovery, the Bank of Canada has decided, once again, to keep its key rate at the floor at 0.25%, a value that has remained unchanged since…