Economy

Expert advice for Jim Prentice: two tax rates, plus (gulp) a sales tax

Mike Moffatt, a member of Trudeau’s economic council of advisors, tells the federal Liberal caucus about the erosion of southwestern Ontario’s economy

Jan. 22: A Bank of Canada rate-cut, plus, a massive quantitative easing program for the eurozone

A recap of our live chat dissecting today’s move to lower the key interest rate to 0.75 per cent

"It’s really like there’s two economies."

What the demise of Target’s Canadian stores says about the outlook for the country’s economy

Jan. 21: the Bank of Canada’s policy announcement is out today, as the World Economic Forum begins – and Netflix goes (even more) global

Facebook’s claim that it added $227 billion to the global economy last year is so full of silly assumptions as to be completely useless

Jan. 20: The debate over wealth and inequality heats up, as the IMF downgrades their expectations for growth

Expect to see more talk of how tax policy should adjust to the new “Piketty era” of economic inequality