Like everyone else, the Bank of Canada awaits the first Trudeau budgetThe Bank offered a rare acknowledgement that a prospective spending push on infrastructure influenced its call
Four things to know about the market correctionAdvisor.ca explains what the market turmoil means for investors
Assume the crash position: How far will the stock market fall?Canada’s stock market has suffered through a lost decade of returns. Why the bad times for Canadian investors could continue.
My fellow economists: Bay Street might be right this timeBay Street is sounding the alarm for stimulus spending, but academics are waving them off. Time to call a truce
Has the next U.S. recession already arrived?He predicted that oil would fall to $25—two years ago. Now, financial analyst Bob Hoye believes the next U.S. recession is already here
A year after Poloz’s surprise interest rate cut, what’s changed?Here are how some key measures of Canada’s economy changed since Stephen Poloz’s first interest rate cut in 2015, all in one handy chart.
Fiscal transfers are growing. But are they effective?The size of transfer payments can’t tell us if provincial governments are good fiscal managers.
No, Alberta’s oil patch doesn’t need a bailoutAlberta’s energy sector has yet to suffer anything like Ontario’s manufacturing job losses, so calls for an auto sector-style bailout for the oil patch are premature
The problem with using infrastructure to stimulate the economyThe immediate boost to the economy from infrastructure stimulus spending is minimal, while the cost for any new jobs it creates can be huge
Why a big stimulus plan isn’t the fix for what ails Canada5 things to consider before asking Ottawa to embark on a massive stimulus plan for the Canadian economy