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Nigeria news : Recession: Only intellectual leader will change Nigeria’s economy – Moghalu
Recession, In the last general elections, a former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, has said Nigeria’s economy would not be transformed until an intellectual...
Nigeria news : Nigeria enters worst recession in decades
Nigeria has entered a recession again, the worst economic decline in almost four decades. In June, the World Bank warned that the collapse...
How long can interest rates stay low once a vaccine arrives?
Jubilation over the good news about a vaccine has taken markets by storm. Shortly after the news broke on Monday that the U.S....
Keep calm and borrow on: Chrystia Freeland and the new logic of deficits in a pandemic
During her remarks on how the pandemic is shifting Liberal fiscal policy Wednesday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland acknowledged that her words might sound scary to some Canadians — particularly those...
Canada added 378,000 jobs in September, even more than in August
Canada’s economy added 378,000 new jobs in September, Statistics Canada says, almost all of which were full-time positions. September’s job gains mean that...
Watching Friday’s jobs data for the dreaded K-shaped recovery
“We’re all in this together” has a friendly reassuring tone. Used by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and many others,...
Timing is everything: how Canada got into a pandemic economy — and how it might get out
This is the second article in a series looking at some of the lessons learned from the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
5 green infrastructure projects engineers recommend to boost COVID-19 economic recovery
With at least two million jobs lost across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy officially in recession, more stimulus is expected...
Canada’s economy shrank at 8% pace in the first three months of 2020, worst since 2009
Canada’s economy shrank at an 8.2 per cent annual pace in the first three months of 2020, as an already weak economy in...
MacKay, O’Toole pitch pandemic recovery plans heavy on tax incentives, fiscal prudence
MacKay, O’Toole pitch pandemic recovery plans heavy on tax incentives, fiscal prudence, Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole, the two leading contenders to replace...
Housing market will feel effect of COVID-19 until 2022, CMHC says
Canada’s national housing agency says the number of new homes being built and sold will remain below the levels they were at before COVID-19...
COVID-19 may be the catalyst — not the cause — of a painful but useful economic transformation: Don Pittis
COVID-19, As people are thrown out of work, as businesses fail and as the oil and housing sectors weaken, there is a branch...
Fear on tap as COVID-19 chokes off small brewery sales
Canadians have been lining up outside liquor stores and stocking up on alcohol to make staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic more...
Minimal hit to economic growth from rail blockades, PBO says in new report
Parliament’s spending watchdog says a series of rail blockades last month will leave a minimal dent in the pace of economic growth. The...
Bank of Canada makes emergency interest rate cut
The Bank of Canada has made an unexpected rate cut, cutting the central bank’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 0.75...
Assessing whether 2020 will bring a Canadian property tumble: Don Pittis
Assessing whether 2020 will bring a Canadian property tumble: Don Pittis According to fresh data, the Canadian real estate market is booming again....
