What economies face now may not be solely a coronavirus-triggered meltdown. As devastating as the coming recession—or depression—is likely to be, the health crisis is exacerbating problems in a system that was already under strain.
Scott Gilmore: Your news feed may be an ‘unrelenting fire hose of doom.’ But the bigger picture might not be so desperate.
By most measures, Canada’s economy is rocking. Politicians are making it worse.
Evan Solomon and Jack Mintz discuss the real economic issue that’s been missing from the election: how to keep growth going
If you feel like you’ve heard the latest news about the economy before, you’re not imagining things
How a small group of reserves plans to borrow a page from big government to fuel economic growth
Why Bank of Canada projections on Canada’s economic growth look exceedingly optimistic
Kevin Carmichael checks one of the Harper government’s favourite rallying cries.
Net exports fell in three of the last four phases of economic expansion
The country’s citizens need only look around to see monuments to their leaders’ hubris
Suddenly, everyone wants to change the tune from ‘austerity’ to ‘growth’
We have a problem, and it dates back to well before the Great Recession