Economic analysis

Chief Statistician Wayne Smith claims it’s a ’myth’ that the loss of the long-form census affected the reliability of the Labour Force Survey. I disagree.

The bad news about our greying population in Statistics Canada’s revised labour force survey data

The impact of the oil crisis is so widespread you’d need an encyclopedia to figure it all out. Well, we have one right here.

If the plan is implemented as proposed, many Ontarians won’t have to save for retirement on their own at all

When economists tell you an interest rise or Canadian dollar fall is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for Canada, think about where they’re coming from and where you sit

Corporate balance sheets and government budgets will show the full impact of the oil crash in the next couple of months, and the picture won’t be pretty

What the dispute between Ottawa and Newfoundland says about touting the benefits of economic policy

Peter Shawn Taylor argues the data suggests a counternarrative to the belief that youth unemployment is a crisis in waiting

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