Current Analysis

In-depth reports on key current economic issues and events of importance for Canada, the United States and key international economies.

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• Economics Digest 
  January 19, 2014

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• Canadian household debt balances continued to rise in November 
  January 13, 2014

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• Accounting for the Impact of Lower Oil Prices on the Canadian Economy 
  January 5, 2015

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• US National GDP Accounts 
  December 23, 2014

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• Impact of Lower Oil Prices on the Canadian Economic Outlook: An Update 
  December 8, 2014

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• Upward trend in household credit growth emerging 
  December 2, 2014

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• Canadian National GDP Accounts  
  November 28, 2014

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• Business financing perks up as household borrowing holds steady in September 
  October 30, 2014

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• The BC government releases details on new Liquefied Natural Gas income tax 
  October 22, 2014

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• Impact of Lower Oil Prices on the Canadian Economic Outlook? 
  October 21, 2014

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• Canada and U.S. Auto Sales: Room For Futher Growth? 
  October 14, 2014

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• Household and business credit growth edged higher in August 
  October 8, 2014

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• Canada’s “constructive evolution” of household debt 
  October 2, 2014

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• Q&A on the State of SMEs in Canada 
  September 30, 2014

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• Steady trend in household credit growth sustained in July 
  August 27, 2014

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• Rising leverage lurks behind improving Canadian household net worth 
  August 7, 2014

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• Canadian household credit growth remained unchanged in June 
  August 5, 2014

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• Household credit growth maintains steady pace in May 
  July 4, 2014

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• National Balance Sheet Accounts  
  June 19, 2014

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• Household debt growth holds steady as business financing accelerates  
  June 2, 2014

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• A Look at the Recovery of the Canadian Auto Sector since the 2008-09 Recession 
  May 28, 2014

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• What explains the decline in Canada’s labour force participation rate? 
  May 21, 2014

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• Canadian household & business credit growth edge up in March 
  May 6, 2014

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• Whether the Weather or Not 
  April 2, 2014

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• Growth in our own backyard... 
  March 31, 2014

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• Households' debt accumulation picks up in February 
  March 25, 2014

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• Household & business credit growth hold steady to start 2014 
  March 12, 2014

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• Why are U.S. Workers Dropping Out of the Labour Force? 
  March 4, 2014

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• Household credit rose at slowest pace since 1995 in 2013 
  January 30, 2014

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• Canadian households’ financial positions show mild improvement 
  January 17, 2014

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• Household & business credit growth picked up pace in November 
  December 24, 2013

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• Canadian household credit growth slowed in October 
  November 26, 2013

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• The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement 
  November 6, 2013

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• Household & business credit growth take a breather in September 
  October 31, 2013

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• Canadian Exports, US GDP Growth and Competitive Pressures 
  October 21, 2013

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• Canadian Women Grabbing the Baton 
  October 17, 2013

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• Canadian household credit growth hits three-decade low in August 
  September 30, 2013

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• Western Canada shows strongest population growth in the country 
  September 26, 2013

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• Economic impact of lower Potash prices 
  July 30, 2013

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• Is the current Canadian economic recovery really substandard? 
  July 23, 2013

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• Economic impact of the Alberta floods 
  June 27, 2013

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• Assessing Canadian household indebtedness 
  June 24, 2013

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• Canadian household credit growth moderated further in April 
  May 28, 2013

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• Moderation in Canadian Core CPI Growth to Prove Temporary 
  February 13, 2013

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• Macroeconomic impact of the WCS/WTI/Brent crude oil price differentials 
  January 30, 2013

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• Canadian businesses finances 
  January 28, 2013

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• US Unemployment Rate and Discouraged Workers 
  October 22, 2012

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• Impact of the U.S. Drought on Canadian Consumer Food Price Inflation 
  September 5, 2012

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• Booming Toronto condo market does not imply a bubble 
  July 24, 2012

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• Canadian Household Finances 
  July 20, 2012

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• Canada’s mortgage rules to tighten again 
  June 21, 2012

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• Vancouver’s housing market: moderation in store but vulnerable to a harsher outcome 
  April 26, 2012

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• Backing into the Future: Canada’s Declining RRSP Contribution Rates 
  February 23, 2012

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• Debt is not yet cracking households’ foundation 
  February 23, 2012

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• Immigrant labour market outcomes in Canada: The benefits of addressing wage and employment gaps 
  December 19, 2011

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• Small-business employment during the recession in Canada: resiliency amid the global storm 
  January 2011

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• Shifting drivers of inflation - Canada versus the U.S. 
  May 4, 2010

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• RRSP contributions 1968 to 2008... And beyond to 2020 
  January 2010

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