3 h. ago Friday's letters: If Alberta separates, Edmonton should leave Alberta

For the safety and prosperity of all fellow residents, if Alberta tries to separate from Canada, Edmonton must separate from Alberta. As a Canadian enclave freed from the shackles of the polluting oil and gas industry holding us back from diversification, we would be Canada’s sixth-largest provincial economy by GDP and fifth-largest province by population. […]

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3 d. ago Chile Set to Hold Key Rate, Hint at Future Cuts: Decision Guide

Chile’s central bank will likely hold its key interest rate steady Tuesday, while signaling plans to resume monetary easing as global headwinds crimp growth and local inflation slows toward target.

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1 week ago The long history of Canada failing to hit its military spending targets

Canada hasn't spent more than two per cent of GDP on the military since the Cold War

Events

1 week ago PM Mark Carney to make defence spending announcement in Toronto

Canada has never met NATO's 2%-of-GDP defence spending benchmark, a number the alliance is expected to increase

Events

2 w. ago Bank of Canada hearing less ‘catastrophic’ tariff talk from businesses

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says trade-sensitive businesses are talking less these days about their “worst-case” scenarios from the trade dispute with the United States. The central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent for a second consecutive decision yesterday as it gathers more data related to the tariff disruption. […]

Economics

2 w. ago Bay Street Sees Future Cuts After Bank of Canada Holds Steady

The Bank of Canada’s decision to hold its policy interest rate at 2.75% shows that it’s more focused on core inflation than weak economic growth as it waits to get more data, according to analysts.

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2 w. ago Bank of Canada holds key rate at 2.75% as tariff uncertainty persists

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent Wednesday as policymakers keep waiting for more clarity on how tariffs will impact the economy. “Uncertainty remains high,” Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said in prepared remarks after the release of the rate decision. “At this decision, there […]

Economics

2 w. ago Bank of Canada set for interest rate decision as tariff uncertainty persists

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate decision today as the United States’ trade dispute continues to cloud the economic outlook. A poll of economists provided by LSEG Data & Analytics ahead of the decision shows they expect the central bank will leave its policy rate unchanged at 2.75 […]

Economics

2 w. ago Bank of Canada to make interest rate decision as tariff uncertainty lingers

The Bank of Canada is set to make its interest rate decision, even as tariff uncertainty lingers, including President Donald Trump's latest increase to steel and aluminum tariffs.

Economics

2 w. ago Cut, hold or hike? Bank of Canada to reveal what’s next for interest rates

The Bank of Canada is set to make its interest rate decision, even as tariff uncertainty lingers, including President Donald Trump's latest increase to steel and aluminum tariffs.

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2 w. ago ‘Mission impossible’: Why the Bank of Canada faces ‘risky’ June rate decision

OTTAWA — Few would confuse Hollywood action star Tom Cruise with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem. But while Cruise rides a plane in tailspin to his latest box office smash, some economists say Macklem finds himself in his own high-stakes circumstances with the central bank’s interest rate decision on Wednesday. Macklem’s mission is to […]

Society

2 w. ago What Canada’s GDP growth means for the upcoming interest rate decision

The latest gauge on the Canadian economy was stronger than most economists expected, but the boost in productivity during the first quarter may have been due to tariff concerns.

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2 w. ago Bank of Canada expected to hold key rate after surprise Q1 GDP jump

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy got a boost to start the year as businesses rushed to get ahead of tariffs, and some economists believe that lift will be enough to keep the Bank of Canada on the sidelines at its interest rate decision next week. Real gross domestic product rose 2.2 per cent annualized in […]

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3 w. ago Canada’s economy grows faster than expected in first quarter

Growth of 2.2% driven by surge in exports to beat Trump's tariffs

Culture

3 w. ago New GDP numbers set to be released to show early tariff impact

The data will give the Bank of Canada a sense of how tariffs from the United States weighed on the economy early in the year ahead of its next interest rate decision.

Economics

3 w. ago As tariffs loomed, Canada’s economy grew 2.2% in the first quarter

The data will give the Bank of Canada a sense of how tariffs from the United States weighed on the economy early in the year ahead of its next interest rate decision.

Economics

3 w. ago UK Probes Feasibility of Forcing Public to Complete Labor Survey

UK officials are probing the legal and practical implications of forcing households to fill out key economic surveys after a collapse in responses left the Bank of England in the dark over jobs data crucial to its interest-rate decisions.

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