Economics News
Bank of Canada Interest Rate Release
On April 12, 2017, the Bank of Canada announced its policy to maintain the overnight interest rate target at a steady 0.5 percent. There...
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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision this Wednesday
On Wednesday, 18 January 2017, the Bank of Canada will be announcing their overnight target rate decision and release the quarterly MPR (Monetary Policy...
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Bank of Canada: Rate Hike July 2017
For the first time in 7 years, the Bank of Canada has chosen to raise the overnight rate target from 0.5% to 0.75%....
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William Nordhaus and the Economics of Climate Change
The 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to two American Economists, Paul Romer and William Nordhaus, for their work on economic growth...
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IMF has Positive Outlook for Canada’s Economy in 2017
Last Monday, the IMF improved the outlook for the Canadian Economy - which will be welcome news after a sluggish period since late...
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Unemployment Rates Fall in Canada and U.S
July’s labour market figures in Canada show a healthy situation with unemployment rate falling to 6.3%, a decrease of 0.2%, according to Statistics Canada....