Our national obsession with a lack of productivity
And how we’re misusing Statistics Canada data to track it
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Economic analysis
Why Canada’s manufacturing sector is stronger than you think
The numbers say it all
On ’real’ Canadians and how Freeland could have responded to McQuaig
Why does the NDP star candidate like FATCA?
Booms, busts, and mantra about bitumen
Andrew Leach on a new report from the Pembina Institute and Equiterre
Econowatch: Twitter’s IPO is strong, while slow economic recovery continues
A scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond
What was actually updated in the fiscal update?
Not any real explanation of how the government plans to make the deficit disappear
Kevin Page on the economic update
The former parliamentary budget officer considers Jim Flaherty’s fiscal statement
Who wins and who loses from more upgrading in Alberta?
Andrew Leach on extra upgraders
Econowatch: A scorecard on the state of the economy
Another overly optimistic prediction from the Bank of Canada
The return of the federal structural deficit?
Even the Department of Finance’s own figures suggest the red ink is here to stay