Thursday, November 21, 2024
The prime minister and cabinet ministers have spent the last few weeks touring the country to preview some of the key elements of the budget that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will unveil in full on Tuesday, April 16. Prime Minister Justin...
A new Maru poll says 66% of Canadians believe the state of the economy is on the wrong track, up 64% from last month versus the one-third who think it is moving in the right direction. Maru says most Canadians...
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is keeping the door open to an interest rate cut in June even as it emphasized that it won't be rushed into it if inflation shoots back up. "Yes, it's within the realm of...
The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Tuesday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie was trading 0% higher at C$1.3563 to the greenback, or 73.73 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3561 to...
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has ruled out raising taxes on the middle class in the upcoming federal budget — but won't say if corporations or the wealthy are in for the same treatment. Freeland pointedly did not answer...
TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week. The House of Commons resumes sitting this week ahead of the federal budget on April 16. The Liberal government has already made several budget-related...
Canadians are mostly looking for help paying their bills in the 2024 federal budget, not investments in the military or clean energy transitions, according to polling released Friday. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News surveyed 1,000 Canadians between March...
TORONTO — Canada and U.S. markets ended the trading day in the red, reversing course mid-afternoon after spending the majority of the day higher. While Canada's main stock index finished the day just mildly lower on Thursday, U.S. stock markets...
Dawn Desjardins, chief economist at Deloitte Canada, talks to the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about why economists think Canada will avoid a recession , the risks the economy faces and what it all means for Bank of Canada interest rates. Making bank complaints...
Canadian consumers and businesses are less pessimistic about the future, suggest findings from the Bank of Canada released on Monday. Consumers continue to feel the negative impacts of high inflation and interest rates and nearly two-thirds are cutting or postponing spending, according to the BoC’s quarterly survey...
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