Taxes have never achieved anything good for an Economy or a Society and certainly have never achieved the objective that they were originally dreamt up for. They are punitive and negative and discourage raising the overall standard of living for all. A new report backed by Canada’s national housing agency is calling for a home […]
The Bank of Canada has decided to leave its key rate untouched (at 1.75%) with its announcement today. As expected, their hawkish view on ramping up rates has cooled off. Major FI prime rates will likely stay at 3.95%. The Canadian economy is not performing as expected right now for the following reasons: • Lower
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Steve Ladurantaye, Tara Perkins, and Bill Curry The housing market that led Canada out of recession is now so hot that Ottawa is talking about doing something to cool it off, a move economists say carries risks for the economy. Fuelled by record low interest rates, residential real estate prices have gained 20 per cent this
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OTTAWA — Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s options were quickly running out. The economy was still in deep decline, interest rates were already at their lowest ever and he couldn’t take them much lower without bumping up against zero. Like many central bankers these days, he turned to unconventional means. But instead of fully
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OTTAWA — The Great Consensus is coming undone. By raising and lowering short-term interest rates to keep inflation moving at a targeted pace, many central bankers and academics thought they had finally found a monetary policy solution to conquer the booms and busts of the business cycle. After such failures as the gold standard and
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Globe and Mail Update February 23, 2009 The recent federal budget included the establishment of an independent task force to make recommendations on financial literacy, among other issues. Our organization, the Investor Education Fund, applauds this development and looks forward to working with such a committee. In the past nine years, we have learned that
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