Economic analysis

Nowhere has low oil prices hit harder than in Alberta, and the government’s finances in particular

Trudeau swept to power with a promise that he will ’grow the economy’, but most of what happens to the economy under his watch will be out of his control

The storm clouds gathering over the global economy will make it hard for the next government to deliver on its promises

With household debt on the rise, should the government really be encouraging more borrowing? The Harper Conservatives seem to think so. They’re wrong.

Canada’s poor performance is hitting where it hurts, below the border

The workforce is shrinking. And we’re just now seeing the scale of the economic shock that’s coming.

2016 United States election could decide whether TPP becomes biggest trade zone in history

The former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve on halting the financial panic in 2008 and the fallout of the worst crisis since the Great Depression

The massive, complex TPP trade deal may give Harper’s campaign a critical boost. Will it do the same for the Canadian economy?

Yes, there will be costs. But on average, we can expect TPP trade liberalization to deliver higher productivity, higher GDP, and higher incomes to Canadians