Economic Indicators

Canada’s entrepreneurs push forward

Canadian business owners and entrepreneurs are resilient in tough economic times, finds new data from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). BDC’s clients collectively borrowed $3.8 billion and the BDC spread $126.8 million in venture capital this past fiscal year. Read: Targeting female entrepreneurs The bank’s consolidated net income of $533.4 million indicates their […]

By Staff |August 23, 2012

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Vik’s Pick: Find returns in sideways markets

As the Bank of Canada’s latest monetary policy report indicates, we’re in a period of extended anemic growth and low interest rates. That means money managers have to come up with investment strategies that will help investors weather this storm.

By Vikram Barhat |August 21, 2012

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Will QE be effective?

Quantitative easing’s main purpose is to provide liquidity to the financial system. A system without liquidity, which we witnessed during the financial crisis of 2008, is one where lending dries up and business is harder to transact.

By Gareth Watson |August 20, 2012

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Canadians lose jobs in July

After several months of modest gains, there were 30,000 fewer jobs in July, reports Statistics Canada. However, the news isn’t all bad. Despite the national job loss, there was still some growth—particularly within fulltime employment. “Yes, the unemployment rate is up a tenth of a point to 7.3% in July, but fulltime employment has actually […]

By Staff |August 16, 2012

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