Economic analysis

Canada has barred restaurants from using temporary foreign workers, but it’s unclear how much they were needed in the first place

The likely revenue from new taxes on high-income earners will barely cover two days of health care spending

Where the money will come from for so many lofty new spending commitments isn’t clear, but the Liberals don’t seem bothered

Budget 2014 contains loads of spending announcements but few real details

How sports shocks, both good and bad, have impacted the economy over the years

Canada’s middle class had a lot going for it, but will those trends continue?

As the notorious magnate leaves Barrick Gold, Peter C. Newman contemplates his rise, fall, and what’s next

Only when you look beyond the headline employment numbers will you see the extent to which confidence in the job market plummeted

Silicon Valley, once hailed as a model for the U.S. economy, has become a target for protests over taxes and income inequality

A weaker currency may help boost exports, but it means domestic prices, like what you pay at the pumps, will rise