March 14, 2025

political news

Finance

How Mark Carney’s choice of finance minister shows he wants to shake things up

Open this photo in gallery: Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s prime minister on March 14, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in U.S. relations since President Donald Trump’s return to power.DAVE CHAN/AFP/Getty Images Mark Carney wants to move fast and build things. There was nothing subtle about the new Prime

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Mortgage

Local real estate agents, mortgage brokers prepare for potential Fed rate cut – Butler Eagle

Realtors and mortgage brokers in Butler County and across America are preparing for yet another major shake-up in the real estate market in the coming months. What once was firmly a “seller’s market” at the start of the year is slowly shifting toward becoming a buyer’s market, as mortgage rates have gradually started to decline

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Finance

U.K.’s new finance chief pitches Bay Street on plan to boost investment in Britain

Open this photo in gallery: Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer for Britain, speaks during an interview at the British Consulate in Toronto on Aug 7.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Britain’s Labour Party romped to victory last month over the incumbent Conservatives with a focus on economic growth and a promise of fiscal restraint aimed

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Finance

Gail Vaz-Oxlade on how her first job taught her tenacity: ‘Once I passed that spot, I could smell the money’

Open this photo in gallery: Author Gail Vaz-Oxlade in Toronto on Jan. 6, 2010.JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Globe and Mail Finance guru and Til Debt Do Us Part host Gail Vaz-Oxlade didn’t always know about money … because she didn’t have any. In 1977, the new immigrant faced big changes and challenges. In Canada, if she wanted

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Mortgage

Opinion: A mortgage crisis still looms for Canada, for the worst is yet to come

Open this photo in gallery: Rising rates also make houses less affordable. Andrew Auerbach and Jean Blacklock are contributing columnists for The Globe and Mail. They are co-founders of Delisle Advisory Group, an independent wealth management firm serving high-net-worth families. In 2020, in the face of soaring house prices and increasing household debt, Canada’s largest

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Funds

Arizona lawmakers pass $16.1 billion budget; AG calls some funding sweeps ‘unlawful’

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A $16.1 billion state budget passed both legislative chambers Saturday night. Voting wrapped up in the House before 9 p.m., and the Senate got it done about an hour later, officially marking the end of the 2024 session for the state legislature. A more than $1.3 billion budget shortfall forced state lawmakers

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