Canada Bonds Rally With Bernanke And Supply The Focus

TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canadian bonds were rallying Wednesday after seven-straight days of declines, moving in tandem with U.S. Treasurys, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it will be several years until employment normalizes and acknowledged that inflation is still quite low.

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Canada’s Economic Action Plan Continues to Create Jobs and Economic Growth

Minister of Finance to Meet Private Sector Economists

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will meet with private sector economists on Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

Release of The Fiscal Monitor

There was a budgetary deficit of $4.5 billion in November 2010, compared to a deficit of $4.4 billion in November 2009.

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Mortgage deal revives stalled market

Canada’s moribund commercial mortgage-backed securities market is awakening from a three-year slumber.
Two major real estate companies are tapping the market for $206-million in the first deal of its kind since 2007, signalling that investors are returning to a sector they had abandoned over worries about the health of the country’s commercial real estate market.

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Harper Government Is Keeping Taxes Low for Canada’s Job Creators

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, joined other Ministers across the country today to highlight tax relief for Canada’s job creators.