Economic Indicators

Ukraine conflict poses growing risk to financial sector: Moody’s

Negative shocks to drive rates higher and weigh on economic growth

By James Langton |April 8, 2022

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Unemployment falls to 5.3% as 72,500 jobs added

The jobless rate in March would have been 7.2% had it included people not actively looking

By The Canadian Press |April 8, 2022

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Feds eye growth with $31B in new spending

To pay for some of the spending, the government is rolling out a tax on excess profits at banks and lifecos

By Jordan Press, The Canadian Press |April 7, 2022

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Fed signals more aggressive steps to fight inflation

Multiple half-point interest rate hikes “could be appropriate” this year, some officials said at the last meeting

By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press |April 6, 2022

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