International Economic Week In Review For December 17-21
The Reserve Bank of Australia released the latest batch of meeting minutes, which contained the following assessment of the global economy (emphasis added): However, growth […]
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Canada Growth Preview: Oil To Weigh On October Figure
By Jonas Goltermann, Developed Market Economist at ING The pace of Canadian growth unexpectedly slowed in September and brought a pretty disappointing end to the […]
2019 Outlook | Seeking Alpha
Kurt and Aubrey share their 2019 outlook for the Canadian economy and financial markets, highlighting three key themes: growth slowdown, nearing neutral, and balancing risk […]
Policy Pause(s), Canada Looks To Be First
The first central banker to blink wasn’t Jay Powell, it was Stephen Poloz. The Bank of Canada has been steadily raising its policy rate like […]
The Bank Of Canada Blinks – What’s Your Plan?
As we suspected it would, the Bank of Canada paused Wednesday morning in its rate-hiking aspirations, leaving the overnight rate at 1.75%, while noting in […]
4 Reasons Why The Bank Of Canada Will Keep Hiking In 2019
By James Smith, Economist at ING 1. Growth to slow – but only modestly For the time being, the Canadian economy continues to the reap […]
Canadians Under-Saved And Unprepared For Slowing Economy
Some 90% of Canada’s economic growth since the last recession has come from household consumption and spending in the realty sector (see chart below), enabled […]
Canadian Growth Story: Cool, Calm And Unconcerned
By James Smith, Developed Markets Economist Canadian growth appears to have slowed in the third quarter, but our forecast of 2.2% won’t cause any headaches […]
Canadian Recession Due, Who’s Ready For It?
When you have a decade of recklessly low interest rates along with lax-lending and borrowing, it should be no surprise that Canadian mortgage growth went […]
Nearing The Pause That Will Not Refresh?
Each business cycle, central banks optimistically hike rates with the stated goal of slowing the economy enough to prevent it from overheating and not so […]