MXI: Materials Dashboard For October

That specificity matters more this year than most. CMHC has projected that 1.15 million mortgages will come up for renewal across Canada in 2026, the largest single-year cohort on record, a wave that’s reshaping which broker behaviours are worth recognising. Newcomers to Canada are also the fastest-growing borrower segment, a trend detailed in CMP’s feature…

At midday on Thursday, cotton futures prices are back down 260 to 396 points from the Wednesday close.  Futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts up 24 to 96 points. Crude oil is was up a modest 10 to 15 cents per barrel late morning, with the US dollar index up 25 points. Export Sales…

Funding Circle, a leading platform for UK small business finance, has signed a new deal with Castlelake, a global investment firm. Under the agreement, Castlelake will commit up to £500 million to fund UK small businesses over the next two years. The deal marks Castlelake’s first time investing through the Funding Circle platform. It adds…

“These mountains to the right are the northern tip of the Alps, and they are actually in Germany. And over there is the Eagle’s Nest, a chalet perched on a mountaintop, which was Hitler’s 50th birthday present.” We are getting a history and geography lesson from our taxi driver as we set off from Salzburg…

When Federal Reserve officials decided to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in September, most also expected another rate hike before the end of 2026, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. “With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond the current meeting, most participants assessed that another increase in the…