Bloomberg Canada’s labour market suffered a larger-than-expected setback last month after the nation was hit with fresh lockdowns meant to contain the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The country shed 200,100 jobs in January, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa, ending a seven-month streak of gains. Economists in a Bloomberg survey were expecting a drop of 110,000. The unemployment rate rise ...

  Bloomberg UK house prices rise at the slowest pace in more than six months in January after a bumper end to 2021 left the average value of a home at a record high. Prices rise just 0.3% following four months of gains above 1%, mortgage lender Halifax said on Monday. In a sign of a more normal market, the ...

  Bloomberg Soybean buyers stung by a smaller and slower harvest than expected in Brazil are turning to the US for supply, driving up prices and threatening to worsen food inflation. What was expected to be a record crop in Brazil is now looking far smaller, with lower yields and harvest delays due to adverse weather catching traders and end-users ...