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Economy
Job creation is no longer a top priority
Stephen Gordon explains why focus should be on the quality of jobs, not the quantity
How Tata Motors gave a boost to some luxury nameplates
The Mumbai company best known for making the world’s cheapest car has reignited Jaguar and Land Rover
Companies march to the beat of their own loonie tune
A close look at why the government thinks the plunging loonie will kick-start manufacturing
Alberta’s jobless factory boom (Chart)
Stats show reports of Canada’s renaissance of manufacturing have been exaggerated
Jim Flaherty wants more analysis of income splitting
Here’s a start from economist Kevin Milligan
Podcast: The Maclean’s Morning After Budget Day Briefing
Paul Wells, Kevin Page, Stephen Gordon and Ailish Campbell deconstruct Flaherty’s plan
Why economists can’t predict the future
As Stephen Gordon wrote last month in Econowatch , the Bank of Canada has been wrong for at least the past four years. It’s not...
Charts: A Conservative plan to reduce the size of government
Direct program spending is on the decline
2014 budget preview: Econowatch predictions
Is this really a ’do nothing’ budget?