National Business

TORONTO — North American stock markets closed out a losing first week of the year with jobs reports reinforcing anticipation that central banks are nearing rate hike moves.

The failure of Canada's grocers to reinstate "hero pay" for employees amid an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases is "about greed, period," the head of the country's largest private-sector union said Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.

Montreal's residential real estate market saw its second most active December on record in 2021.

CALGARY — Canada's chronically understaffed agriculture industry is warning that increased absenteeism related to the highly contagious Omicron variant could severely stress this country's food production systems. Already, there are signs of strain.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's December employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.9 per cent (6.0) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.4) Participation rate: 65.3 per cent (65.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in December. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 11.6 per cent (10.4) _ Prince Edward Island 7.

LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the 19 countries that use the euro currency soared at a record rate, led by a surge in food and energy costs , figures showed Friday.