Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has laid out a scenario for a pause in the central bank’s interest-rate hiking campaign sometime next year by highlighting potential headwinds to the U.S. economy.

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales edged up 0.2 per cent in September to $58.5 billion, led by gains in the transportation equipment industry.

Goldman Sachs removed Nvidia Corp. from its conviction list, saying it was “clearly wrong on the stock,” underestimating both a channel inventory build and a correction in the company’s gaming division. This comes after Thursday’s disappointing results from the chipmaker that included a weak forecast.

An Ontario cannabis retail licence will not be issued to a corporation if more than 9.9 per cent of it is owned or controlled by one or more licensed marijuana producers or their affiliates, the province said Thursday, dealing a blow to pot growers who have stakes in retail.

The U.S. still plans to raise tariffs on Chinese imports in January with President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping likely at best to agree to a “framework” for further talks to resolve trade tensions at an upcoming meeting, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.

Data from the smaller, alternative exchange shows U.S.-based pot company financing activity in the January-to-October period usurped the $1 billion raised by Canadian-based issuers during the same period.

As the pound is thrashed around by Brexit politics, currency strategists see the risk of a deeper slide on a leadership challenge for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.

Brent and WTI oil futures are trading higher for a third day in a row thanks to expectations OPEC will start withholding supply soon. Meanwhile, Blackberry is paying over $1 billion for California-based AI firm Cyclance.

The Canadian oil patch is losing patience with the country’s lack of support for the industry.

The Canadian stock market “is a huge contrarian buy right now,” according to Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets.

Wall Street may be underestimating the threat of tariffs on the auto industry, according to Phil Levy, a senior fellow on global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Top picks from Andrew Pyle, senior wealth advisor and portfolio manager at Scotia Wealth Management.

The Autorite des marches financiers is reviewing how Bombardier implemented its Automatic Stock Disposition Plan, rolled out last August.

Bitcoin Cash’s split if off to a rocky start.