Economy

Canada’s demands for fewer Buy American rules for public contracts and freer movement of professionals may be a tough sell in the U.S.

Former American trade officials see problems with two key asks: less ’Buy American’ and freer movement for professionals

Canada is building fewer single-family homes and pricing young people out of their communities—the sort of housing inequality could take us down a dangerous path

Melle’s worldview, according to friends, is that nobody’s a saint when it comes to free trade

Canada, and its economy, is vulnerable going into the NAFTA talks. Will the U.S. take advantage?

John Stanton wanted to make exercise less intimidating. Now, customer-friendly stores are the Running Room’s biggest advantage in a digital world.

Opinion: He can start by being transparent about how much high-income Canadians actually pay in taxes and receive in government transfers

OPINION: Housing First initiatives are better at combatting homelessness than shelters, and make more fiscal sense for taxpayers, too

His verbal nonsense is turning the U.S. into a version of China—a place where little of what officialdom says about the economy can be trusted

Econ-o-metric: Jobs grow, but so does the trade deficit. What does this mean for interest rates?