Economic analysis

Stewart Elgie: Three lessons for stimulating a smart, post-COVID economic recovery that puts people to work today building the economy of tomorrow

Miles Corak: No one has the numbers we most need that would tell us how much damage the economy has suffered, or how long this will last

Canada may face an historic downturn, struck by the global pandemic and fuelled by issues that were already haunting the economy

The Danish ambassador in Canada explains the country’s ambitious measures to protect workers from the shutdown

Here’s what Donald Trump tweeted about the stock market on its long march higher, plotted against the market’s abrupt reversal, which has wiped out all gains made since 2016

Like the coronavirus, fear is contagious, and it’s leading shoppers to do some crazy things

As the stock market crashes and oil prices plunge, experts agree fiscal stimulus is needed, but differ on how big it should be and what form it should take

Jason Kirby: Why the Bank of Canada’s rate cut could lead to the return of out of control house prices and dangerously over-extended households

If greed is no longer good and American capitalism is dying—as so many billionaires and CEOs will now tell you—what comes next?

The days of endless deficits are back, and with minority government pressures and economic trouble ahead, that’s a problem