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  6:00

  The Daily Chase: White House touts trade outlook; OCS yanks CannTrust products

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic lieutenants did the Sunday talk show circuit in a bid to tame any lingering unease after last week’s market turmoil. “Tariffs are hurting China. China is bearing the entire burden of the tariffs,” White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro claimed.

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  2:45

  Powell likely to use Jackson Hole to suggest Fed ready to cut

  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will have no lack of material to choose from when he kicks off the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole symposium Friday with a speech on the challenges for monetary policy.

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  1:12

  Negative mortgages set another milestone in no-rate world

  The world’s headlong dash to zero or negative interest rates just passed another milestone: A bank in Denmark is paying homebuyers to take out mortgages.

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  Alberta panel to advise on wage cut for alcohol servers

  A provincial panel will explore whether cutting the minimum wage for Alberta's alcohol servers could give them more working hours and boost their overall income with more tips.

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  4:16

  U.S. 10-year yield drops below 1.5% for first time since 2016

  The global rally in bonds on Thursday drove the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury below 1.5% for the first time since August 2016.