Economic Indicators

Economic Indicators

StatsCan survey will examine digital economy

The federal agency wants to fill gaps in its information

By The Canadian Press |June 15, 2018

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ECB to begin phase out of stimulus program

The European Central Bank has decided to phase out the bond-buying stimulus program credited with helping the 19 countries that use the euro recover from the Great Recession and eurozone debt crisis. The bank said Thursday that the stimulus program’s bond purchases would be reduced to 15 billion euros (US$17.7 billion) a month, from the […]

By David Mchugh, The Associated Press |June 14, 2018

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Equities contribute to decline in Canadians’ wealth in Q1

The amount Canadians owe relative to their income crept lower

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |June 14, 2018

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How inflation data weigh on central banks

What to expect from the Fed, BoE and ECB

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |June 13, 2018

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Home prices stabilize in May, says National Bank

Canadian home prices stabilized in the month of May, as the Teranet–National Bank Composite National House Price Index rose 1.0%. The increase “confirmed the stabilization of home prices that took place since the end of last year,” following a correction in the second half of 2017, says National Bank senior economist Marc Pinsonneault, in a […]

By Staff |June 13, 2018

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Implications south of the border as deputy governor departs from BoC

Change is afoot at the Bank of Canada (BoC), with potential implications for monetary policy south of the border. Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc will leave the central bank in late July, says a BoC release. Leduc will return to San Francisco to resume working at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Before his appointment […]

By Staff |June 13, 2018

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CPPIB approached to be involved in Trans Mountain: CEO

The federal government’s financial adviser has raised the possibility of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board becoming involved in the Trans Mountain pipeline project, but there’s been no political pressure applied, CPPIB chief executive Mark Machin told a parliamentary committee Monday. The Toronto-based fund manager and its peers will likely take a look at the […]

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U.S. consumer prices up 0.2% in May, 2.8% annually

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2% in May, with surging gasoline costs driving much of the increase. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index climbed 2.8% last month from a year earlier, putting inflation on its fastest annual pace since February 2012. But core prices—which exclude the volatile food and energy categories—have risen […]

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Economic Indicators

StatsCan survey will examine digital economy

ECB to begin phase out of stimulus program

Equities contribute to decline in Canadians’ wealth in Q1

How inflation data weigh on central banks

Home prices stabilize in May, says National Bank

Implications south of the border as deputy governor departs from BoC

Fed raises key rate, signals 4 rate hikes this year

What’s in store for Canada’s condo market

CPPIB approached to be involved in Trans Mountain: CEO

U.S. consumer prices up 0.2% in May, 2.8% annually