Bloomberg Canada’s labour market blew past expectations in November as the end of income support programs helped fuel new hiring. Employment rises 153,700 last month, Statistics Canada reported in Ottawa. That’s more than quadruple the 37,500 gain economists were predicting, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The numbers show just how close the nation’s economy is to ...

Bloomberg German factory orders plummeted in October as demand for investment goods declined, putting the economy on weak footing in the final months of the year. Orders fall 6.9% following a 1.3% increase the previous month. That’s the biggest drop in the volatile index since August and a worse reading than predicted by a single economist in a survey of ...

Bloomberg New car registrations in the UK rise in November for the first time after four consecutive months of declines, driven by a demand for electrified vehicles. Sales increased 1% in November from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). That’s still 31% below the pre-pandemic five-year average, the SMMT said. ...