Tuesday close: Rate cut, recession fears weigh on TSX
Apple earnings beat expectations
- By: IE Staff
- October 21, 2008 October 21, 2008
- 15:40
Apple earnings beat expectations
Core inflation expected to remain below 2%
Dollar dips ahead of Bank of Canada announcement
Dollar slips ahead of rate decision
Rate of prices declines to slow in the coming months
Second fiscal stimulus could include spending on infrastructure, healthcare, income security, and access to credit
Congress should consider measures to improve access to credit by consumers, home buyers, businesses and other borrowers, Bernanke says
Outlook for growth is very uncertain
First gain in five months
Growth in number of small businesses slowing; but moving up the size chain
Dutch government pumping US$13.4 billion into ING
Bank of Canada decision coming Tuesday
Earnings season in full swing
Softening demand is being transmitted through commodity prices
U.S. markets finish lower on recession worries
Outlook remains bullish on Canadian equities, financials and the Canadian dollar
Demographics hitting insurance industry
egX Group reports that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has granted an exemption order authorizing egX Canada to carry on business as a stock exchange…
Fed also to cut rates before the end of the year
Conference Board index plummets to lowest level since 1982
Overseas markets mixed
U.S. markets surge on bargain hunting
Economists project a $10.4 billion deficit for fiscal 2010
Uncertain global economic conditions will pressure prices through 2009