Economic News – W2018-19
04 Apr 2019	Why is populism on the rise and what do populists want? (click)
29 Mar 2019	What if zero interest rates are the new normal? (click)
19 Mar 2019	The Fed’s rate-raising days are over (click)
19 Mar 2019	Stagnant capitalism (click)
19 Mar 2019	Deficit to rise as Liberals unveil $22-billion in new spending (click)
19 Mar 2019	Green money without inflation (click)
18 Mar 2019	I’m taking Friday off ¾ permanently (click)
18 Mar 2019	What are central banks for? (click)
15 Mar 2019	Modern Monetary Realism (click)
15 Mar 2019	Promoting privatization (click)
15 Mar 2019	Taxing the rich (click)
15 Mar 2019	How serially bad private-sector economic forecast… (click)
14 Mar 2019	Can economics shake its shibboleths? (click)
14 Mar 2019	Growing debt loads weighing on growth (click)
11 Mar 2019	The case for a bold economics (click)
11 Mar 2019	Market concentration is threatening the US economy (click)
11 Mar 2019	How adding regulations may reduce the regulatory burden (click)
08 Mar 2019	Why Economics must get broader before it gets better (click)
08 Mar 2019	Canada pumps out a surprising 55,900 new jobs (click)
07 Mar 2019	How about we try Modern Monetary Theory in a small country first? (click)
07 Mar 2019	Tariff man has become deficit man (click)
06 Mar 2019	BoC see longer, deeper economic slump, casts doubts on future rate hikes (click)
05 Mar 2019	The use and misuse of Economics (click)
04 Mar 2019	Modern monetary nonsense (click)
01 Mar 2019	GDP report raises questions about the BoC’s next move (click)
01 Mar 2019	Canada’s economic growth slows in fourth quarter (click)
28 Mar 2019	Releasing the Renminbi (click)
28 Feb 2019	Socialism and the self-made woman (click)
21 Feb 2019	The great tax debate – the world is turning (click)
20 Feb 2019	It is time to restore the wage share (click)
14 Feb 2019	Science and subterfuge in economics (click)
13 Feb 2019	How can we tax footloose multinationals? (click)
08 Feb 2019	Strong job growth unlikely to sway BoC away on rates (click)
07 Feb 2019	Trump versus the socialist menace (click)
07 Feb 2019	Debt derangement syndrome (click)
07 Feb 2019	The good jobs challenge (click)
28 Jan 2019	Yes, low unemployment does raise wages (click)
25 Jan 2019	Why the Chinese economic slowdown may benefit Canada (click)
24 Jan 2019	The sum of some global fears (click)
23 Jan 2019	Inequality and unions – Brexit, Trump and ‘yellow vests’ (click)
18 Jan 2019	Canada’s inflation rate rises (click)
15 Jan 2019	Will China’s economy hit a Great Wall? (click)
14 Jan 2019	Let’s get real about purpose (click)
09 Jan 2019	Bank of Canada puts higher interest rates on hold (click)
07 Jan 2018	What will cause the next US recession? (click)
04 Jan 2019	Central bankers’ fiscal constraints (click)
04 Jan 2019	Job creation is strong, but wage growth disappoints (click)
03 Jan 2019	Who’s afraid of the budget deficit? (click)
27 Dec 2018	Why is the Fed still raising interest rates? (click)
26 Dec 2018	How inequality undermines economic performance (click)
24 Dec 2018	Could China turn inwards? (click)
24 Dec 2018	In defense of the Fed (click)
24 Dec 2018	Learning from China (click)
20 Dec 2018	Hard-money men, suddenly going soft (click)
19 Dec 2018	Fed raises interest rates (click)
19 Dec 2018	Taking away the ladder (click)
19 Dec 2018	Canada’s annual inflation rate drops to 1.7 per cent (click)
19 Dec 2018	Social Democrats must say another globalization is possible (click)
18 Dec 2018	Recession risks for the United States in 2019 (click)
18 Dec 2018	The IMF asks for continuity, but Spain needs change (click)
17 Dec 2018	What is a recession, and why are people talking about the next one? (click)
17 Dec 2018	“Wageless growth” not “Jobless growth” the new conundrum (click)
16 Dec 2018	Wanted: Workers with the right skills (click)
14 Dec 2017	The great American tax heist turns one (click)
14 Dec 2018	Canadian debt burden edges higher in third quarter (click)
12 Dec 2018	Rising rates, high debt could lead to financial crisis in Canada (click)
11 Dec 2018	The political root of falling wage growth (click)
10 Dec 2018	Editorial: Ford’s misleading deficit figures are softening us up for cuts to come (click)
10 Dec 2018	Doug Ford has vowed to fight deficits – but is doing the exact opposite (click)
09 Dec 2018	Canada needs to find the right balance between a free-trade mentality and… (click)
07 Dec 2018	Canadian wage growth slowing even as hiring booms (click)
05 Dec 2018	Tariffs driving price increases across the U.S. (click)
03 Dec 2018	Beyond GDP (click)
02 Dec 2018	American capitalism isn’t working (click)
01 Dec 2018	U.S., China declare 90-day halt to new tariffs (click)
30 Nov 2018	Canada’s third-quarter economic growth slows (click)
30 Nov 2018	Canada’s economy slows (click)
28 Nov 2018	President Trump vs. Jerome Powell: Trump’s problematic messaging to the Fed (click)
28 Nov 2018	Media frenzy overstates significance of GM’s Oshawa plant closure (click)
26 Nov 2018	Why inequality matters (click)
26 Nov 2018	On the GM bailout, we got what be paid for (click)
26 Nov 2018	A trade war is not reason to ease monetary policy (click)
26 Nov 2018	What just happened with Oshawa plant closing? Trump happened, it appears (click)
26 Nov 2018	GM to shut Oshawa plant, slush thousands of jobs (click)
25 Nov 2018	Labour participation and job creation rates tell untold tale of Canadian economy (click)
23 Nov 2018	Inflation rises for the first time in three months (click)
23 Nov 2018	Canadian dollar weakens as oil-price slide offsets domestic data (click)
23 Nov 2018	Oil sinks to lowest in more than a year as OPEC considers output cuts (click)
22 Nov 2018	There is more to high house prices than constrained supply (click)
22 Nov 2018	Bank of Canada warns housing market is still vulnerable (click)
21 Nov 2018	Liberals channel higher revenues into tax break for business (click)
21 Nov 2018	Will Morneau’s tax breaks really spur new business investment? (click)
20 Nov 2018	Trump calls Fed a ‘problem,’ says he wants lower interest rates (click)
20 Nov 2018	Canadian dollar slides to near five-month low amid plunging oil prices (click)
16 Nov 2018	Ottawa preparing upbeat economic update (click)
16 Nov 2018	Record-low Canadian crude price is a clue that oil sands’ best days are past (click)
16 Nov 2018	Draghi says ECB can change plans for rate increases if inflation slows (click)
15 Nov 2018	Canada’s housing market shows increasing signs of soft landing (click)
15 Nov 2018	Why was Trump’s tax cut a fizzle? (click)
14 Nov 2018	Fears of a global economic slump on the rise (click)
13 Nov 2018	The urgent need for Canada to diversify its trade (click)
13 Nov 2018	Japan’s economy hit by natural disasters and trade frictions (click)
12 Nov 2018	Learning from 3.7 percent unemployment (click)
12 Nov 2018	Trump’s tax cut was supposed to change corporate behaviour (click)
12 Nov 2018	Populists like Trump exacerbate rather than cure corruption (click)
11 Nov 2018	Uncertainty explain why Poloz won’t be pinned down on rates (click)
09 Nov 2018	Economist David Rosenberg scolds Bank of Canada for ‘temerity’ on rate hikes (click)
06 Nov 2018	Canadian housing market expected to moderate over next two years (click)
06 Nov 2018	The case for strengthening federal fiscal policy (click)
05 Nov 2018	BOC’s Poloz defends central bank independence against political attacks (click)
02 Nov 2018	Wage growth declines again despite robust labour market (click)
02 Nov 2018	Three key factors that will determine how long the hot job market lasts (click)
02 Nov 2018	Angela Merkel did not save the euro, she just bandaged it up (click)
02 Nov 2018	The perversion of fiscal policy (click)
02 Nov 2018	Canada adds 11,200 jobs, unemployment rate dips (click)
31 Oct 2018	Poloz keeps close eye on wage growth as he plots his rate hike course (click)
31 Oct 2018	Upsetting the Apple cart: Tax-based industrial policy in Ireland and Europe (click)
31 Oct 2018	Deregulating job protection: Surprising IMF/OECD messages (click)
30 Oct 2018	Poloz reiterates that interest rates need to keep rising (click)
30 Oct 2018	The number 7 could make China’s currency a trade-war weapon (click)
30 Oct 2018	Portraits 2017: Economic Security and the Social Safety Net (click)
29 Oct 2018	Trump tax cuts at election time: Failing on schedule (click)
29 Oct 2018	Falling share prices and the outlook for the US economy (click)
29 Oct 2018	Corporate-tax cuts are no solution to Canada’s competitiveness problem (click)
27 Oct 2018	Are the Danes melancholy? Are the Swedes sad? (click)
25 Oct 2018	Why we need to diversify exports (click)
24 Oct 2018	Faster BoC rate hikes now will help prevent more later (click)
24 Oct 2018	Bank of Canada raises key rate again (click)
22 Oct 2018	They said Seattle’s higher base pay would hurt workers (click)
22 Oct 2018	Unemployment looks like 2000 again. But wage growth doesn’t (click)
20 Oct 2018	A debate about central-bank independence is overdue (click)
18 Oct 2018	The Trump tax scam (click)
18 Oct 2018	Canada needs to address a weak wage-growth conundrum (click)
17 Oct 2018	No, Trump’s cuts isn’t paying for itself (at least not yet) (click)
15 Oct 2018	Budget deficit jumps nearly 17% in 2018 (click)
07 Oct 2018	Austerity is the wrong prescription for the world’s wellbeing (click)
05 Oct 2018	Canada records first trade surplus since December 2016 (click)
05 Oct 2018	Canada’s unemployment rate dips to 5.9 per cent (click)
04 Oct 2018	How the handling of the financial after-crisis fuels populism (click)
03 Oct 2018	Apple should spend more money on innovation, not buybacks (click)
03 Oct 2018	Trump’s reality-TV trade deal (click)
01 Oct 2018	NAFTA out, USMCA in: What’s in the Canada, Mexico, US trade deal? (click)
01 Oct 2018	Trump just ripped up Nafta (click)
30 Sep 2018	Canada, U.S. reach tentative NAFTA deal (click)
28 Sep 2018	Canadian dollar climbs as Poloz comments (click)
28 Sep 2018	When it comes to jobs, pay and prices… (click)
28 Sep 2018	Economy grows more than expected, bolstering chances of rate hike (click)
27 Sep 2018	Bank of Canada will continue with gradual rate hikes (click)
27 Sep 2018	Editorial: Ford’s move to flatline minimum wage is bad for workers, and Ontario (click)
27 Sep 2018	It’s uncertainty over trade policies, not just NAFTA… (click)
26 Sep 2018	The truth is that Trump has a point about globalization (click)
26 Sep 2018	Leadership, laughter and tariffs (click)
26 Sep 2018	Federal Reserve raises interest rates, flags end of ‘accommodative’ policy (click)
26 Sep 2018	Ontario government halting planned minimum wage hike (click)
25 Sep 2018	U.S. consumer confidence hits 18-year high; house prices slowing (click)
24 Sep 2018	Doug Ford’s deficit finger-pointing is a tired old trick (click)
24 Sep 2018	Ending austerity: Public spending Key to stability and fairness (click)
21 Sep 2018	Inflation eases but core measures signal higher interest rates (click)
21 Sep 2018	The US will lose its trade war with China (click)
20 Sep 2018	How the yuan sets the tone in currency markets (click)
20 Sep 2018	Japan’s successful economic model (click)
20 Sep 2018	Trump’s currency confusion continues (click)
19 Sep 2018	Marijuana will add $8 billion to Canada’s economy – at least on paper (click)
18 Sep 2018	Do capitalists still need consumer? (click)
17 Sep 2018	Good news on household debt could be bad news for economic growth (click)
13 Sep 2018	‘This is life or death for us’: Mexico’s farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement (click)
11 Sep 2018	Who really creates value in an economy? (click)
11 Sep 2018	Who’s manipulating China’s exchange rate? (click)
07 Sep 2018	Economy can tolerate higher interest rates (click)
07 Sep 2018	Canada’s volatile employment report shows major job losses in August (click)
03 Sep 2018	The biggest economic policy mistake of the last decade (click)
31 Aug 2018	Saving capitalism from Economics 101 (click)
28 Aug 2018	The myth of secular stagnation (click)
27 Aug 2018	The current account counts (click)
27 Aug 2018	Canada scrambles as U.S., Mexico ink NAFTA pact (click)
25 Aug 2018	Are superstar firms and Amazon effects reshaping the economy? (click)
24 Aug 2018	Emerging vulnerabilities in emerging economies (click)
20 Aug 2018	Northern nations are not socialist; they’re free-trade lovers (click)
17 Aug 2018	The drop of the Turkish lira and the role of currency speculation (click)
16 Aug 2018	Something not rotten in Denmark (click)
14 Aug 2018	Reports of rapid tech change causing the demise of traditional employment... (click)
14 Aug 2018	Protectionism for Liberals (click)
10 Aug 2018	Why the Bank of England should target growth (click)
10 Aug 2018	Ontario unemployment rate hits 18-year low, six months after minimum wage hike (click)
08 Aug 2018	The ahistorical Federal Reserve (click)
06 Aug 2018	Contrary to Trump’s claims, last quarter’s GDP growth rate was not “amazing” (click)