How the pandemic blew my family budget
Brianna Bell: We bought a house, got a dog and are splurging on groceries. In these stressful pandemic times, maybe a little debt isn’t so bad.
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COVID-19 has created a debt crisis for Canadian households
From debt consolidation to consumer proposals here are options to consider
The most important charts to watch in 2019
Our fifth annual bonanza of more than 70 charts to help you make sense of the economy in the year ahead
Kathleen Wynne’s re-election bid is off to a bad start
Jen Gerson: When you are seen to run a financially undisciplined nanny state, a pre-election spending spree is a bad idea
For Canada, 2018 brings an ’unbelievable’, ’ridiculously strong’ job market
As Canada’s unemployment rate reaches historic lows, will wage growth finally reawaken inflation?
With a global debt load of $291 trillion, these are dangerous times
Prudence demands that Canada’s governments get back to a financial position that would allow them to respond to the next financial crisis
Congrats, Canadians: You’re world leaders in debt
A new report shows our household credit tally has surpassed Canada’s annual GDP. Have we stopped listening to the warnings?
How Canadian homes became debt traps
From 2017: Canadians have been using their homes as piggy banks. The fallout has begun.
The ballyhooed ’war on homebuyers’ isn’t real
Regulators have finally realized that Canada is addicted to debt, and are trying to limit the fallout. This is not a bad thing.
The Liberals are spending far more than they said they would
Economist Stephen Gordon unpacks the federal government’s finances to explain why the deficit is so much bigger than Trudeau promised