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Bank of Montreal (BMO) closed out a mixed quarter for Canadas biggest banks on Tuesday, with investors and analysts expecting some earnings drivers to ebb and economic uncertainties to increase in

By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian banks wrapped up second-quarter earnings season last week, with most reporting better-than-expected

Canadian banks are set to report higher first-quarter earnings from a year ago, thanks to low provisions for credit losses and improving loan demand, but rising costs are a focus area for...

A recent move by major Canadian banks to increase fixed mortgage rates on the back of surging bond yields is unlikely to slow the countrys red hot housing market, as more than half of new borrowers take out variable-rate loans that are the cheapest theyve ever been.

A recent move by major Canadian banks to increase fixed mortgage rates on the back of surging bond yields is unlikely to slow the country's red hot housing market, as more than half of new borrowers take out variable-rate loans that are the cheapest they've ever been.

Article content Stephen Harper may not be a big bitcoin fan, at least not yet. However, the former prime minister recently namechecked the cryptocurrency, which this week continued its rapid rise, cracking the US$50,000 mark. “In the short to medium term … unless the U.S. becomes a catastrophe, it’s hard to see what the alternative is to the U.S. dollar as the world’s major reserve currency,” Harper told Jay Martin, chief executive of investment-conference producer Cambridge House, du...