{
  "id": 17623446,
  "title": "Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/five-things-to-watch-for-in-the-canadian-business-world-in-the-coming",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-01T15:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/11/01/five-things-to-watch-for-in-the-canadian-business-world-in-the-coming-week-415"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "1. Technology stocks experienced a decline on Friday due to worries about AI spending and concerns about the effectiveness of investments in chips and data centers.\n\n2. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers are scheduled to appear before the House of Commons standing committee on finance on Tuesday, following the central bank's recent interest rate hike.\n\n3. Statistics Canada will release September merchandise trade figures on Wednesday, amidst ongoing trade talks between Canada and the United States that were disrupted in August.\n\n4. Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will present the federal budget on Thursday, with Prime Minister Mark Carney emphasizing an infrastructure-focused approach to economic recovery.\n\n5. The labour force survey for October, conducted by Statistics Canada, will be published on Friday, revealing that the economy shed 68,000 jobs in September, resulting in a rise of the unemployment rate to 6.5 per cent.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}