Economic Indicators

Economic Indicators

ECB leaves rates unchanged despite strong 2017 growth

The central bank is sizing up conflicting signs about how well the economy is doing

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |April 26, 2018

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China’s latest appeal to the U.S. over trade tensions

China appealed to Washington on Thursday to avoid damaging business confidence following a report from The Wall Street Journal

By The Associated Press |April 26, 2018

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Story behind spiking oil prices, greenback appreciation: report

Plus, outlooks for oil, the U.S. dollar and loonie

By Staff |April 26, 2018

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Canada’s debt-to-income ratio will stabilize: BoC’s Wilkins

For advisors serving clients with household debt problems, the Bank of Canada offered some reassuring news Monday. Speaking before a parliamentary committee, senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins said she expects the country’s high levels of household debt relative to disposable income to gradually start winding down. The central bank is seeing a slowdown in credit […]

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |April 24, 2018

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February wholesale numbers disappoint

Wholesale sales declined 0.8% to $62.8 billion in February, reports StatsCan. That’s the largest downward movement and the second monthly drop since September 2017, and was below consensus. Lower sales were recorded in four of seven subsectors, representing 64% of total wholesale sales. The miscellaneous and motor vehicle and parts subsectors contributed most to the […]

By Staff |April 23, 2018

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Gas and air ticket prices help push Canada’s inflation rate to 2.3%

The country’s annual inflation rate continued creeping higher last month to hit 2.3%, Statistics Canada said Friday. The March figure shows the pace of inflation inched a little farther past the midpoint of the central bank’s ideal range of between 1 and 3%. By comparison, inflation was 2.2% in February and 1.7% in January. The […]

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Economic Indicators

ECB leaves rates unchanged despite strong 2017 growth

China’s latest appeal to the U.S. over trade tensions

Story behind spiking oil prices, greenback appreciation: report

Canada’s debt-to-income ratio will stabilize: BoC’s Wilkins

February wholesale numbers disappoint

Big banks weigh in on inflation, bonds, rate hikes

Gas and air ticket prices help push Canada’s inflation rate to 2.3%

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