Proof Point

China’s cooling economy is on a growing list of concerns when it comes to the outlook for Canada.

Entrepreneurship is becoming less enticing for Canadians. With Canada’s aging population, as more small business owners exit, there will be fewer nascent businesses to take their place.

Inflation is elevating the cost of living—and sending labour relations regarding wages into more contentious territory

For newcomers, a Canadian education is a key stepping stone to labour market success. For Canada, the international student stream is a more efficient source of immigration—and a key to unlocking labour productivity.

If job losses rise in this group, strength in consumer activity will most certainly erode.

As long-run demographic trends squeeze the workforce, Canada will need to maintain the current higher flow of NPRs.

Canada’s residential construction price index has soared 51% since the start of the pandemic, putting new pressure on home prices.

Food prices have already soared by 18% over the past two years, adding to Canadians’ grocery bills.

Spending on travel has risen almost 30% above pre-pandemic levels, according to RBC data.

Fallout from the upheaval in U.S. regional banks has further squeezed borrowers south of the border. This is a key concern for commercial real estate investors, since smaller U.S. banks are particularly active in this space. American companies are less reliant on bank loans than they are on other market-based funding sources like bonds and […]

The early economic upheaval of the pandemic sparked fears that highly-indebted Canadian households would face financial Armageddon.

Throughout much of 2022, rising uncertainty about inflation, economic growth and the war in Ukraine sent the greenback soaring.