{"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":"2026-04-16T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:45:59","slug":"canadian-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\" align-content-desktop-center align-content-mobile-center search-cta wp-block-rbc-rbc-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"search-cta hide-on-mobile cover-background-image-container\"\n\t\t\t\t\trole=\"img\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"min-height:200px;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: url(https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/RBC-Economics-Main-Page-Hero-block.png?quality=80);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-position: 50% 83%;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-size: cover;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-repeat: 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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-9072\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9072 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-featured-analysis category-insights 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\/featured-analysis\/insights\/one-year-of-tariff-shocks-in-canada-what-we-learned\/\">\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\">One year of tariff shocks in Canada: What we learned<\/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 8, 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-8818\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-8818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry 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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<\/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 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tag-canada\">\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\/business-sentiment-stable-in-canada-amid-iran-conflict\/\">\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\">Business sentiment stable in Canada amid conflict in Middle East<\/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 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\t\t<article id=\"post-9678\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9678 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-inflation\">\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\/canada-inflation-rises-on-energy-rebound-while-core-pressures-continue-to-ease\/\">\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\/04\/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\">Canada inflation rises on energy rebound while core pressures continue to ease<\/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 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\t\t<article id=\"post-9343\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadian-analysis category-data-flashes tag-canada tag-jobs 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\/canadian-labour-market-steadied-in-march\/\">\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\/09\/Employment-banner-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\">Canadian labour market steadied in March<\/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 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-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<\/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-9621\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9621 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\/march-marks-four-years-of-declining-home-prices-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-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\">March marks four years of declining home prices 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\">April 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-9241\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9241 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\/mixed-start-to-canadas-housing-markets-busiest-season\/\">\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\">Mixed start to Canada\u2019s housing markets\u2019 busiest season<\/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 8, 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-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<\/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-9547\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9547 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-holding-up-despite-higher-gas-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\/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 holding up despite higher gas 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\">April 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<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-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<\/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\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks\/other-fiscal-analysis\/fiscal-roundup-provinces-deepen-deficit-track-ahead-of-federal-update\/\">\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\">Fiscal roundup: Provinces deepen deficit track ahead of federal update<\/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 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-9574\" class=\"carousel-item col-4 resources-by-category-card post-9574 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-prince-edward-island\">\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\/pei-budget-2026-red-soil-province-awash-in-never-ending-red\/\">\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\/04\/Budget-PEI-Banner-Web-3.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\">PEI Budget 2026: Red soil province awash in red<\/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 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\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 post-8432 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-saskatchewan\">\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\/saskatchewan-budget-2026-taking-the-longer-road-to-fiscal-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\" 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