3 d. ago William Watson: Economic forecasters, beware Donald Trump’s personality penalty

A new study finds one-person autocracies underperform economically. The reasons why may also apply to democracies, including the U.S.

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3 d. ago Carney, Zelenskyy talk as world leaders prepare for summit on Ukraine war

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as world leaders sought to co-ordinate their response to a U.S.-Russia war summit that will not include Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet in person in Alaska on Friday. In a statement released […]

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9 d. ago William Watson: Tell Canadians: What does the U.S. want and what won’t we give?

Letting Canadians know exactly what's on the table in trade talks with the U.S. could help form a consensus about the best way to respond

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3 w. ago New Zealand Inflation Accelerates Less Than Forecast to 2.7%

New Zealand inflation accelerated less than economists forecast in the second quarter, even as it pushed toward the top of the Reserve Bank’s 1-3% target band.

Economics

4 w. ago Trump admin to give ICE the personal information of Medicaid recipients

The information will give ICE officials the ability to find “the location of aliens” across the country, says the agreement signed Monday.

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4 w. ago Defence spending will lift Canada’s economy, but not out of a recession: report

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics published Wednesday projects that Canada’s defence spending commitments will raise the country’s real gross domestic product by a tenth of a percentage […]

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