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Economic Indicators
Now that the inauguration of President Obama is behind us, the nation is turning it’s focus onto another matter — budget deficits. In the next 15 years, debts will rise in an unsustainable way if no action is taken beyond the 2011 budget deal and the end-of-year fiscal cliff agreement, reports Lawrence Summers of ft.com. […]
By Wire services |January 22, 2013
1 min read
It may be time for clients to look beyond North American borders.
By Vikram Barhat |January 22, 2013
3 min read
How advanced economies deal with government debt will shape the economic and investment landscape for the next 10 years, Craig Alexander, senior vice president and chief economist, TD Bank Group, said at a Strategy Institute Summit in Toronto.
By Dean DiSpalatro |January 22, 2013
4 min read
The country’s revenue outlook has deteriorated.
By Wire services |January 21, 2013
Bigwigs in Washington say major bailouts are a thing of the past.
China’s Q4 GDP data suggests the Chinese economy may have hit a near-term bottom.
By Gareth Watson |January 21, 2013
Encouraged by stock market returns for 2012, equity investors are in a risk-on mode as they move their money out of bonds and into stocks. In the U.S., investors bought $1.8 billion worth of mutual funds and ETFs in the first week of 2013. The shift, dubbed by market watchers the “great rotation,” reverses a […]
By Vikram Barhat |January 21, 2013
2 min read
Stocks will perform below their historical averages, but still around 4% over the next two-to-five years.
By Jacqueline Louie |January 21, 2013
A wave of sell-off hammered the Swiss franc, which tumbled to its lowest in 20 months. A result of currency traders moving quickly to capitalize on improved sentiment in Europe, the franc’s fall has led many to believe the Swiss National Bank could unload some of its large cache of foreign currency to book profit […]
By Staff |January 18, 2013
All eyes will turn to the U.S. as it struggles to get its fiscal house in order.
By Dean DiSpalatro |January 18, 2013
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