Inflation in Canada slowed to 1.8% in February, with ‘tame report’ giving more room to BoC to hold rates steady
Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 1.8 per cent in February, according to Statistics Canada data published Monday.…
Canada’s inflation rate held at 2.2% in November, grocery prices see biggest rise in nearly two years
Grocery prices have trended mostly upwards this year, say economists at RBC, “consistent with rising agricultural commodity prices…
Third consecutive surprise jobs gain quashes hopes of near-term BoC rate cut: Economists
In October, Canada gained 66,600 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 per cent.…
Canada’s economy blows past estimates for Q3 growth, in ‘very noisy report’
Analysts had expected real gross domestic product (GDP) for the quarter to grow by 0.5 per cent on…
Inflation in Canada picks up steam, rising to 2.4% in September
National Bank economists Taylor Schleich and Ethan Currie wrote that unless recent inflation trends were “totally derailed/recast” by…
‘Unthreatening’ inflation reading makes Bank of Canada rate cut tomorrow ‘obvious course of action’
The August inflation data come one day before the Bank of Canada’s September interest rate announcement. (Photo by…
Canada’s economy lost 66K jobs in August, adding to BoC pressure to ‘stem the bleeding in the economy’
Employment fell for both core-aged men and women in August, with steeper declines for men. (Photo by J.…
Canada’s economy ‘back down to earth,’ shedding 41K jobs in July as youth unemployment climbs to highest level since 2010
Farm workers harvest crops near Cypress River, Manitoba. (Photo by: Dave Reede /Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via…
Canada’s economy shrinks in April, with broad-based declines in manufacturing
Construction begins on the East Harbour Transit Hub in Toronto. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images) ·…