Economic News

 

 

 

12 Aug 2017

Hey Mr. Trump: Canada can’t fix your trade deficit (click)

 

12 Aug 2017

Ten years later: What did we learn from the subprime storm? (click)

 

11 Aug 2017

The deficit tango (click)

 

10 Aug 2017

U.S. productivity increases, keeps labour costs in check (click)

 

10 Aug 2017

Canada’s economic growth: Is this as good as it gets? (click)

 

08 Aug 2017

BoC faith in Friedman economic model bellies the Canadian reality (click)

 

08 Aug 2017

Finishing the post-crisis job (click)

 

08 Aug 2017

Consumer sentiment soars as Canadians shrug off rate increases (click)

 

07 Aug 2017

Our broken economy (click)

 

05 Aug 2017

Canada’s wage growth weak despite strong job creation (click)

 

04 Aug 2017

Canada’s jobless rate falls to lowest since the dawn of the financial crisis (click)

 

03 Aug 2017

Toronto home sale drops (click)

 

01 Aug 2017

Hotel boom in SeaTac, Wash., unfettered by $15 minimum wage (click)

 

01 Aug 2017

Canada’s cooling experiment (click)

 

31 Jul 2017

Canadian dollar’s rapid gain spells trouble for exporters (click)

 

28 Jul 2017

Economics with a humanities face (click)

 

28 Jul 2017

Canada’s economy posts ‘blow out’ growth (click)

 

28 Jul 2017

U.S. economic growth picks up in second quarter (click)

 

27 Jul 2017

Why tax cuts for the rich solves nothing (click)

 

25 Jul 2017

Jobs lift U.S. consumer confidence to near 16-year high (click)

 

25 Jul 2017

Deciphering China’s economic resilience (click)

 

21 Jul 2017

Toronto house sales continue to slide (click)

 

21 Jul 2017

Out of step: Low inflation poses hurdle for Bank of Canada (click)

 

20 Jul 2017

Manufacturers build momentum, but face a test as loonie recovers (click)

 

19 Jul 2017

A “macroeconomic” revolution? (click)

 

19 Jul 2017

Unifor head urges Canada, U.S. to impose tariffs on cars from Mexico (click)

 

18 Jul 2017

Is productivity growth becoming irrelevant? (click)

 

18 Jul 2017

Trump administration issues sweeping demands on trade as NAFTA talks near (click)

 

18 Jul 2017

The quite demise of austerity (click)

 

14 Jul 2017

Big pharma spends on share buybacks, but R&D? Not so much (click)

 

14 Jul 2017

As interest rates rise, beware the Great Doldrums ahead (click)

 

14 Jul 2017

ECB wary of putting end-date on quantitative easing (click)

 

14 Jul 2017

Monetary policy: Turning point (click)

 

14 Jul 2017

How much have foreign buyers affected Toronto’s housing market? (click)

 

13 Jul 2017

Consumers feel pinch as banks pass full BoC hike, but not all the cuts (click)

 

13 Jul 2017

U.S. labour market strengthens; producers prices unexpectedly rise (click)

 

13 Jul 2017

Despite market cooling, Toronto to lead national house-price growth (click)

 

13 Jul 2017

IMF warns Canada on housing, trade; urges caution on rate hikes (click)

 

13 Jul 2017

Is it a blip, or is the GTA housing market on the verge of severe correction? (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

A new course for economic liberalism (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Editorial: Bank of Canada vs. the interest rate iceberg (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Rate hike shows BoC balking at its own inflation rules (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Bank of Canada bets on growth with interest rate hike (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Foreign buyers bought 9.1 per cent of homes in suburbs north of Toronto (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Five largest banks hike prime rates, moving in step with BoC increase (click)

 

12 Jul 2017

Bank of Canada raises interest rates for the first time in 7 years (click)

 

11 Jul 2017

GTA sees slump in $1-million-plus home sales (click)

 

10 Jul 2017

The new abnormal in monetary policy (click)

 

10 Jul 2017

Spoiler alert: Stephen Poloz’s potential rate hike at odds with inflation (click)

 

10 Jul 2017

Ontario seeks public input on $15 minimum wage (click)

 

07 Jul 2017

Economists argue about minimum wages (click)

 

07 Jul 2017

Why Germany’s current-account surplus is bad for the world economy (click)

 

07 Jul 2017

Chinese investors ‘lack patience’ for Canadian infrastructure regulation (click)

 

07 Jul 2017

Inflation elusive, but central bankers getting twitchy (click)

 

07 Jul 2017

U.S. job growth picks up the pace, but wages lag behind (click)

 

06 Jul 2017

The inflation target trap (click)

 

06 Jul 2017

Toronto housing slumps fast after move to deflate bubble (click)

 

04 Jul 2017

Minimum wage hike won’t bring ‘gloom and doom,’ economists say (click)

 

04 Jul 2017

Consumer confidence improving as BoC eyes rate hike (click)

 

04 Jul 2017

Higher minimum wage will have  appositive impact on Canadian economy (click)

 

04 Jul 2017

Foreign buyers account for 5% of home sales in Toronto region (click)

 

03 Jul 2017

Oh! What a lovely trade war (click)

 

03 Jul 2017

Home price anxiety cuts across all Canadian income levels (click)

 

02 Jul 2017

Trump and the truth about climate change (click)

 

30 Jun 2017

Ontario gets it right with move to higher minimum wage (click)

 

28 Jun 2017

The $15 minimum wage is working just fine (click)

 

27 Jun 2017

The Seattle minimum wage study is utter B.S. (click)

 

28 Jun 2017

Poloz says interest rates put in place after oil shock have ‘done their job’ (click)

 

28 Jun 2017

Universal health care was the Centennial Generation’s greatest achievement (click)

 

28 Jun 2017

Higher interest rates from BoC may now be two weeks away (click)

 

26 Jun 2017

Another lesson from Japan (click)

 

26 Jun 2017

Why ’14.1’ means Canada still risks a financial crisis (click)

 

25 Jun 2017

Busy economic week to offer clues on BoC rate-hike timing (click)

 

24 Jun 2017

The angst of the entrepreneurs (click)

 

23 Jun 2017

What does an inflation-fighting central bank do when there is no inflation? (click)

 

23 Jun 2017

Pure class warfare, with extra contempt (click)

 

22 Jun 2017

Canadians pile up debt faster than anyone in the world (click)

 

21 Jun 2017

The retreat of the renminbi (click)

 

21 Jun 2017

Think tank leads corporate-funded campaign to sway Canadians on Chinese trade (click)

 

21 Jun 2017

RBC to cut about 450 jobs from head office locations in GTA (click)

 

21 Jun 2017

Loonie retreats as oil price slumps to nine-month low (click)

 

19 Jun 2017

Inflation data eyed as BoC tilts to raising interest rates (click)

 

19 Jun 2017

Zombies, vampires and Republicans (click)

 

17 Jun 2017

The case for an ideas-based economy (click)

 

17 Jun 2017

Greece gets credit lifeline, IMF joins bailout (click)

 

17 Jun 2017

Department stores can’t survive with nostalgia as a business model (click)

 

16 Jun 2017

BoJ holds policy steady, upgrades view on consumption, global growth (click)

 

15 Jun 2017

Finding Phillips: Inflation has not yet followed lower unemployment in America (click)

 

15 Jun 2017

Home sales slump in GTA as overheated spring market cools (click)

 

15 Jun 2017

Home sales across Canada register biggest monthly decline in nearly 5 years (click)

 

15 Jun 2017

Trump move on job training brings ‘skill gap’ debate to the fore (click)

 

14 Jun 2017

Janet Yellen and the case of the missing inflation (click)

 

14 Jun 2017

What has to go right for the economy before BoC hikes rates (click)

 

13 Jun 2017

Rate cuts have largely done their work, Poloz says (click)

 

10 Jun 2017

Wrong numbers: Why government-bond yields have been falling again (click)

 

09 Jun 2017

Canada’s job market surges, but wage growth lags (click)

 

08 Jun 2017

Brazil’s Argentina moment (click)

 

08 Jun 2017

The one housing-market fix that Canada hasn’t tried (click)

 

08 Jun 2017

Threat from housing, high debt still growing (click)

 

02 Jun 2017

Economy, low rates push Canadian auto sales to record (click)

 

02 Jun 2017

Minimum wage hike will likely lead to job cuts, but … (click)

 

02 Jun 2017

Strong Canadian trade, productivity data bolster economic recovery (click)

 

01 Jun 2017

The false promise of cost-benefit analysis (click)

 

31 May 2017

A $15 minimum wage in Ontario: A game changer (click)

 

30 May 2017

Efforts to cool housing market sparked drop in CMHC insurance (click)

 

30 May 2017

Ontario auto industry lobbies against proposed labour changes (click)

 

30 May 2017

Ontario to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019 (click)

 

28 May 2017

Income tax turns 100. What have we learned? (click)

 

26 May 2017

The question isn’t why wage grow is so low. It’s why it’s so high (click)

 

26 May 2017

The problem isn’t food stamps. It’s poverty (click)

 

26 May 2017

Ottawa anticipates $23-billion year-end deficit (click)

 

25 May 2017

Toronto area home sales sink after cooling measures (click)

 

25 May 2017

Rethinking the next China (click)

 

25 May 2017

Canadian wages lag the annual inflation rate (click)

 

24 May 2017

Toronto homeowners are suddenly in a rush to sell (click)

 

24 May 2017

Economists see little magic in tax cuts to promote growth (click)

 

24 May 2017

Bank of Canada leaves key rate unchanged (click)

 

23 May 2017

It’s time for our ‘feminist’ Prime Minister to walk the talk (click)

 

23 May 2017

Understanding today’s stagnation (click)

 

20 May 2017

Economic growth not heating up Canadian inflation yet (click)

 

20 May 2017

Canada needs an innovative intellectual property strategy (click)

 

19 May 2017

The new normal (click)

 

18 May 2017

Bad policy has played a role in Canada’s housing crisis (click)

 

14 May 2017

Editorial: Banks should be made to act in clients’ best interest (click)

 

13 May 2017

Ontario plans big boost to minimum wage, update of labour laws (click)

 

12 May 2017

Home prices climb in April, lifted by gains in hot Toronto market (click)

 

11 May 2017

Getting fiscal stimulus and central bank independence in sync (click)

 

11 May 2017

Labour is right – Karl Marx has a lot to teach today’s politicians (click)

 

11 May 2017

Loonie, bank bonds drop as Moody’s downgrades Canada’s lenders (click)

 

11 May 2017

Moody’s cuts Canada’s banks (click)

 

11 May 2017

Uber’s new Toronto research hub is a big win for Canada (click)

 

10 May 2017

What will Trump deliver on trade? (click)

 

10 May 2017

The wages of wage fear (click)

 

09 May 2017

Canada-China trade agreement no deal for middle class, blue collar Canadians (click)

 

09 May 2017

Uber nabs U of T star as U.S. heavyweights poach Canadian AI talent (click)

 

08 May 2017

Uber opening Toronto research hub for driverless technology (click)

 

05 May 2017

We’re getting awfully close to full employment (click)

 

01 May 2017

Basic income is an opiate for the masses, not a sustainable solution (click)

 

01 May 2017

Can basic income help workers adapt to new world of AI? (click)

 

01 May 2017

Ontario’s social experiment: Can basic income buy happiness? (click)