Last week the US Federal Reserve joined the Bank of Canada (BoC) when it shifted to the talk-tough-and-do-nothing phase of its ...

Last week Statistics Canada confirmed that our GDP increased by 0.1% in February on a month-over-month basis (MoM). The result was a little ...

Last week Statistics Canada confirmed that our Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped to 4.3% in March on a year-over-year basis, down from ...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate steady last week, and that was welcome news for variable-rate borrowers who have watched ...

I hope that you enjoyed the break. I took the long weekend off, so there won’t be a new post this week. All eyes will be ...

In today’s upside-down world, good news for our economy is bad news for our mortgage rates because it increases the likelihood that the ...

When central bankers cranked up their policy rates to combat runaway inflation, they knew that it would create economic pain. You can’t ...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is expected to raise its policy rate when it meets this Wednesday. The only real question still up for debate is ...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) increased its policy rate by another 0.50% last Wednesday, and that means it has now risen from 0.25% on March 1, ...

What a long, strange trip 2022 has been. At the start of the year, who would have believed that we would now be happy to ...

I hope you had time to relax and recharge over the holiday season. I will be back to my regular Monday Morning Updates ...

Welcome back! As per tradition, my first post of 2023 will offer some predictions and forecasts for the year ahead but first, some ...