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Benjamin Tal

Feds Raise Down Payment Requirements

by Theophilos Argitis and Greg Quinn, Bloomberg News Canada is raising minimum down payments on some government-insured mortgages, a move aimed at curbing the risk of a housing crash in Toronto and Vancouver where high prices are leaving some families at risk from heavy debt loads. Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the plans on Friday […]

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US Manufacturers Will Come out of Recession Meaner & Leaner

Unemployment not a concern of progressive means of production in US. At a recent CAAMP (Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals) conference in Montreal, Benjamin Tal, CIBC economist said (paraphrased) that the most significant event that will come out of the current extended period of low interest rates will be the massive re-investment by manufacturers/exporters

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