{"id":11,"date":"2025-09-22T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:42:27","slug":"canadian-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel alignfull mar-b-0 mob-mar-b-0\"><div class=\"carousel-wpr\" aria-label=\"RBC Full Width Carousel\"><div class=\"col-wpr eh-wpr carousel-inner mar-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel-slide alignfull carousel-item\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:60px;min-height:417px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3067\" height=\"1850\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3119 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png 3067w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?resize=300,181 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?resize=768,463 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?resize=1024,618 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?resize=1536,927 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?resize=2048,1235 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3067px) 100vw, 3067px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#042340\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-00d652c3 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-major-sm-font-size wp-elements-7c319c66b267cb8700526b2f85ba493f\" id=\"h-crude-calculations-assessing-canada-s-vulnerability-to-oil-prices\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/crude-calculations-assessing-canadas-vulnerability-to-oil-prices-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-0d611e55\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Crude calculations: Assessing Canada\u2019s vulnerability to oil prices\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Crude calculations: Assessing Canada\u2019s vulnerability to oil prices<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel-slide alignfull carousel-item\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:60px;min-height:417px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2413\" height=\"875\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4232 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png 2413w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?resize=300,109 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?resize=768,278 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?resize=1024,371 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?resize=1536,557 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Slider.png?resize=2048,743 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2413px) 100vw, 2413px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#0b3246\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-00d652c3 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d957c51ccfaa336b7ebe7888f8ef58ba\" id=\"h-quarterly-canadian-outlook-growth-headwinds-offset-by-stabilizing-trade-and-jobs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/quarterly-canadian-outlook\/quarterly-canadian-outlook-growth-headwinds-offset-by-stabilizing-trade-and-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-8997be7b\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Quarterly Canadian outlook: Growth headwinds offset by stabilizing trade and jobs\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Quarterly Canadian outlook: Growth headwinds offset by stabilizing trade and jobs<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel-slide alignfull carousel-item\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:60px;min-height:421px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3067\" height=\"1850\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7692 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/Affordability-Decoding-Canadas-uneven-household-experience4.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3067px) 100vw, 3067px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-rbc-bright-blue-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-00d652c3 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-major-sm-font-size wp-elements-c823917788923d2340fd81be53b1d58d\" id=\"h-affordability-decoding-canada-s-uneven-household-realities\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/affordability-decoding-canadas-uneven-household-realities\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-c8afac4f\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Affordability: Decoding Canada\u2019s uneven household realities\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Affordability: Decoding Canada\u2019s uneven household realities<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel-slide alignfull carousel-item\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:60px;min-height:420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2413\" height=\"875\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4235 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png 2413w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?resize=300,109 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?resize=768,278 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?resize=1024,371 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?resize=1536,557 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/HousingM-Slider.png?resize=2048,743 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2413px) 100vw, 2413px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(6,147,227) 0%,rgb(3,26,55) 66%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-00d652c3 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a674639e4ad89b9e85824b7e89f82049\" id=\"h-canada-s-housing-market-in-a-stalemate-this-february\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/monthly-housing-market-update\/canadas-housing-market-in-a-stalemate-this-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-50ef93f7\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Canada\u2019s housing market in a stalemate this February\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Canada\u2019s housing market in a stalemate this February<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-economics-blocks-rbc-full-width-carousel-slide alignfull carousel-item\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:60px;padding-left:60px;min-height:420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2413\" height=\"875\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4240 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/CA-Infl-Slider.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" 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21%,rgb(23,71,135) 55%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-00d652c3 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-major-sm-font-size wp-elements-d437650aac161a8d174c18612164da82\" id=\"h-more-signs-of-easing-inflation-pressure-in-canada-ahead-of-rising-oil-prices\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/more-signs-of-easing-inflation-pressure-in-canada-ahead-of-rising-oil-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-82b82daa\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"More signs of easing inflation pressure in Canada ahead of rising oil prices\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">More signs of easing inflation pressure in Canada ahead of rising oil prices<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"carousel-ctrl mar-t-0\"><button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\" aria-label=\"previous slide\"><\/button><button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\" aria-label=\"next slide\"><\/button><div class=\"carousel-indicators\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pad-t-dbl mob-pad-t-dbl pad-b-dbl mob-pad-b-dbl pad-l-0 mob-pad-l-0 pad-r-0 mob-pad-r-0 has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f3f4f5\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mar-b-0 mob-mar-b-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-92515837 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-b-hlf mob-mar-b-hlf\" id=\"h-latest-insights\">Latest Insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbccom-latest-posts one-column is-style-type-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"post-card thought-leadership-template\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/TB5.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Canada&#8217;s trade deficit widened in February as both exports and imports surged\"\n\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-content\">\n\t\t<h4 class=\"post-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadas-trade-deficit-widened-in-february-as-both-exports-and-imports-surged\/\">\n\t\t\t\tCanada&#8217;s trade deficit widened in February as both exports and imports surged\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">April 2, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-b-hlf mob-mar-b-hlf\" id=\"h-forward-guidance\">Forward Guidance<\/h3>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbccom-latest-posts one-column is-style-type-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"post-card thought-leadership-template\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/FG-WA.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Canadian jobs set for modest rebound in March\"\n\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-content\">\n\t\t<h4 class=\"post-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/forward-guidance\/forward-guidance-our-weekly-preview\/\">\n\t\t\t\tCanadian jobs set for modest rebound in March\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">April 2, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t mob-pad-t\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-b-hlf mob-mar-b-hlf\" id=\"h-featured-video\">Featured Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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data-dig-id=\"LP-11-34441b3d\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Recalibrating \u2018breakeven employment\u2019 \" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Outlook for the Canadian economy in 2026<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We\u2019re taking a moment to re-assess whether our outlook for Canada has changed. Geopolitical conflicts have escalated, injecting new uncertainty. But, we remain cautiously positive about Canada&#8217;s economy. RBC Economics&#8217; Claire Fan explains what\u2019s changed and what remains the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-dbl mob-mar-t mar-b-0 mob-mar-b-0\" id=\"h-featured-analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-2ed47ca6\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Featured Analysis\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Featured Analysis<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"mar-b mob-mar-b-hlf wp-block-rbc-resources-by-category\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls rbc-resources-by-category-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 6slides\" data-per-page=6 data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-ctrl display-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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population downturn, rising supply to keep apartment rents in check<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">April 1, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7935\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7935 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-quarterly-canadian-outlook tag-british-columbia tag-canada tag-gdp tag-labour-market tag-macro tag-oil-price tag-ontario tag-population tag-quarterly-outlook tag-quebec tag-tariffs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/quarterly-canadian-outlook\/quarterly-canadian-outlook-growth-headwinds-offset-by-stabilizing-trade-and-jobs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/CA-small.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Growth headwinds offset by stabilizing trade and jobs<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 12, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7799\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7799 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-insights tag-canada tag-gdp tag-oil-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/crude-calculations-assessing-canadas-vulnerability-to-oil-prices-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/OIL2-compressed.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Crude calculations: Assessing Canada\u2019s vulnerability to oil prices<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 10, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7583\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7583 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-insights tag-affordability tag-canada tag-household\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/affordability-decoding-canadas-uneven-household-realities\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/Affordability-Decoding-Canadas-uneven-household-experience4.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Affordability: Decoding Canada\u2019s uneven household realities<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 4, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7433\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7433 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-insights tag-canada tag-trade\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/decades-of-trade-disputes-reshape-canadas-softwood-lumber-sector\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Generic-Compressed.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Decades of trade disputes reshape Canada&#8217;s softwood lumber sector<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">February 25, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7355\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7355 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-insights tag-canada tag-cusma tag-tariffs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/preserving-cusma-exemptions-canadas-real-priority-amid-u-s-ieepa-ruling\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Generic-Compressed.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Preserving CUSMA exemptions: Canada&#8217;s real priority amid U.S. IEEPA ruling<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">February 20, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-data-flashes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-9b09c44c\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Data Flashes\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Data Flashes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"mar-b mob-mar-b-hlf wp-block-rbc-resources-by-category\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls rbc-resources-by-category-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 6slides\" data-per-page=6 data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-ctrl display-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slick-dots\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slick-active\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-wpr carousel-inner slick-initialized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8895\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8895 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-tariffs tag-trade\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadas-trade-deficit-widened-in-february-as-both-exports-and-imports-surged\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/TB5.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canada&#8217;s trade deficit widened in February as both exports and imports surged<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">April 2, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8707\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8707 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-gdp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadian-economy-posted-modest-january-gain-with-momentum-building-for-q1-expansion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/GDP2_6b49f4.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canadian economy posted modest January gain with momentum building for Q1 expansion<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 31, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8375\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8375 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-boc tag-canada tag-inflation tag-tariffs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/bank-of-canada-meeting-recap-one-supply-shock-after-another\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/CA-small2.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Bank of Canada meeting recap: One supply shock after another<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 18, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8116\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8116 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-household\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadian-household-balance-sheets-remained-resilient-in-q4-25\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/Generic-Slider.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canadian household balance sheets remained resilient in Q4\/25<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 16, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8106\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8106 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-inflation tag-oil-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/more-signs-of-easing-inflation-pressure-in-canada-ahead-of-rising-oil-prices\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/05\/Inf-CA-Compressed-4.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">More signs of easing inflation pressure in Canada ahead of rising oil prices<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 16, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8069\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8069 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-labour-market\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/data-flashes\/canadas-unemployment-rate-rose-in-february\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/CA-Jobs-NEW.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canada&#8217;s unemployment rate rose in February<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 13, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-dbl mob-mar-t mar-b-0 mob-mar-b-0\" id=\"h-canadian-housing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-0738e12a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Canadian Housing\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Canadian Housing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"mar-b mob-mar-b-hlf wp-block-rbc-resources-by-category\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls rbc-resources-by-category-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 6slides\" data-per-page=6 data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-ctrl display-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slick-dots\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slick-active\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-wpr carousel-inner slick-initialized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8665\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8665 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-housing-affordability tag-affordability tag-housing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/housing-affordability\/affordability-gains-become-weaker-and-sparser-in-canada\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Housing-A.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Affordability gains become weaker and sparser in Canada<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 31, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8207\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8207 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-monthly-housing-market-update tag-canada tag-housing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/monthly-housing-market-update\/canadas-housing-market-in-a-stalemate-this-february\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Housing-Mon.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canada\u2019s housing market in a stalemate this February<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 17, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7724\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7724 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-local-real-estate-markets tag-canada tag-housing tag-real-estate-markets\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/local-real-estate-markets\/winter-doldrums-keep-canadian-house-prices-under-pressure\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Housing-B-compressed-banner.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Winter doldrums keep Canadian house prices under pressure<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 6, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7311\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7311 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-monthly-housing-market-update tag-canada tag-housing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/monthly-housing-market-update\/canadian-homebuyers-get-cold-feet-sellers-out-in-force-in-january\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Housing-Mon.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canadian homebuyers get cold feet, sellers out in force in January<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">February 18, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-7012\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-7012 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-local-real-estate-markets tag-canada tag-housing tag-real-estate-markets\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/local-real-estate-markets\/supply-surge-keeps-canadian-house-prices-on-a-downtrend\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Housing-B-compressed-banner.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Supply surge keeps Canadian house prices on a downtrend<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">February 6, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-6661\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-6661 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-canadian-housing category-monthly-housing-market-update tag-canada tag-housing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/canadian-housing\/monthly-housing-market-update\/canadas-housing-market-ends-2025-on-soft-note-with-uncertain-recovery-ahead\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/06\/Housing-Mon.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canada&#8217;s housing market ends 2025 on soft note with uncertain recovery ahead<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">January 15, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rbc-consumer-spending\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-0e967acb\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"RBC Consumer Spending\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">RBC Consumer Spending<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-resources-by-category\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls rbc-resources-by-category-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 6slides\" data-per-page=6 data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-ctrl display-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slick-dots\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slick-active\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-wpr carousel-inner slick-initialized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8121\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8121 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/canadian-cardholder-spending-warms-up-despite-discretionary-goods-pullback\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Canadian cardholder spending warms up despite discretionary goods pullback<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 17, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8288\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8288 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/rbc-canadian-cardholder-spending-takes-a-breather-in-january-after-holiday-rush\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">RBC Canadian cardholder spending takes a breather in January after holiday rush<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">February 12, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8294\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/holiday-season-promotions-buoy-rbc-canadian-cardholder-spending\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Holiday season promotions buoy RBC Canadian cardholder spending<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">January 14, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8312\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8312 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/holiday-demand-for-goods-and-deals-lifts-rbc-canadian-cardholder-spending\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Holiday demand for goods and deals lifts RBC Canadian cardholder spending<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">December 16, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8318\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8318 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/rbc-cardholders-sustain-spending-momentum-as-blue-jays-drive-entertainment-surge\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">RBC cardholders sustain spending momentum as Blue Jays drive entertainment surge<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">November 12, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8323\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8323 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-rbc-consumer-spending-tracker tag-canada tag-consumer-spending\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/rbc-consumer-spending-tracker\/rbc-canadian-cardholder-spending-strong-despite-cooling-from-q2-highs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/\/2025\/07\/Cons-sp.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">RBC Canadian cardholder spending strong despite cooling from Q2 highs<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">October 16, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-dbl mob-mar-t mar-b-0 mob-mar-b-0\" id=\"h-provincial-and-fiscal-outlook\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-financial-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-11-98b47366\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Provincial and Fiscal Outlook\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">Provincial and Fiscal Outlook<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"mar-b mob-mar-b-hlf wp-block-rbc-resources-by-category\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls rbc-resources-by-category-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 6slides\" data-per-page=6 data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-ctrl display-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slick-dots\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slick-active\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-wpr carousel-inner slick-initialized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8510\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks category-provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements tag-budget tag-canada tag-ontario\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks\/provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements\/ontario-budget-2026-delayed-path-to-balance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/Budg-ON-2026-BG.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Ontario Budget 2026: Delayed path to balance<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 26, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8501\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8501 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks category-provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements tag-budget tag-canada tag-manitoba\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks\/provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements\/manitoba-budget-2026-path-to-balance-maintained-despite-negative-in-year-surprise\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-b resources-by-category-image-container\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MB-budg-BAnner-2026.png?quality=80&#038;w=1024)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"resources-by-category-card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 truncate-third-line\">Manitoba Budget 2026: Path to balance maintained despite negative in-year surprise<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">March 24, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-8432\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card 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