ABE NEWS | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 The weekend was supposed to help. Canadian negotiators stayed in Washington. Meetings continued. Officials kept talking. Sunday came. Another meeting happened. And now it’s Monday morning. There is still no deal. That matters because Canada and the United States are no longer negotiating against some distant deadline….
ABE NEWS ORIGINAL | SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026 The stock market is breaking records. Corporate profits are strong. Inflation is cooling. And economists can point to plenty of numbers suggesting the American economy is still standing. There is just one problem. A lot of ordinary people don’t feel it. Ask someone whether the S&P…
Oil is climbing again. But this story is no longer just about the price of a barrel. It’s about a narrow stretch of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. The Strait of Hormuz. Before the current war, roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flows passed…
Canada and the United States have been talking almost every day. Ministers are meeting. Negotiators are working behind the scenes. Both governments say they want an agreement. But with only days remaining before a major tariff deadline, there is one uncomfortable problem: They still don’t have a deal. Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc told…
The world gave investors plenty of reasons to worry this week. Oil remained expensive. The Strait of Hormuz remained severely disrupted. Washington and Tehran remained far apart. Long-term U.S. borrowing costs flashed warning signs. Consumers showed signs of becoming more cautious. And businesses continued trying to figure out what an increasingly unpredictable global economy…
THE ABE HOOK Americans haven’t stopped spending. But they may finally be getting more careful about where their money goes. After months of surprisingly strong consumer spending, July delivered a warning: retail sales fell much more than economists expected. And with gasoline back above $4 in parts of the country as the Middle East…
Artificial intelligence has spent the last few years changing one thing after another. First, it changed technology. Then it changed Wall Street. Then companies started spending hundreds of billions of dollars building the infrastructure needed to power it. Now AI is beginning to enter a place that could affect almost everyone: the Federal Reserve’s…
Canada and the United States are talking. But they still don’t have a deal. And with an August 19 tariff deadline getting closer, what looks like another disagreement between governments could soon become a much bigger issue for businesses, workers and consumers. Canadian officials are reportedly unhappy with Washington’s latest proposal to reduce tariffs, suggesting…
Air Canada is preparing for what could be one of its strongest fall travel seasons in years. Corporate travellers are returning. Premium travel remains strong. Passengers are still willing to fly. Normally, that sounds like the perfect environment for an airline. But there is a problem. Even with…
Trade negotiations between Canada and the United States have entered one of their most important stages in months. With a August 19 deadline approaching, officials from both countries are meeting daily in an effort to avoid a new round of U.S. tariffs that could affect billions of dollars in cross-border trade. The outcome could…
