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Canada’s unemployment rate rises to 6.6%, sparking concerns
Canada's unemployment rate is just the latest economic indicator flashing red. It climbed to 6.6 per cent last month. Excluding the volatile swings of the COVID era, that's the highest it's been since 2017.And economists say the malaise…
Why Republicans ‘don’t have the votes’ to pass Trump’s tax plan
Republicans don’t have the appetite for their presidential candidate’s desired deficit spending, analyst says.
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Interest rates are dropping. What, if anything, will get cheaper?
Interest rates in Canada are finally coming down. The Bank of Canada trimmed its key policy rate for the third consecutive time on Wednesday, to 4.25 per cent, continuing an easing cycle that started in June. If you're wondering what…
Fed’s Goolsbee says trend of economic data justifies multiple Fed rate
The longer-run trend of labor-market and inflation data justify the Federal Reserve easing interest-rate policy soon, and then steadily over the next year, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday, in an exclusive interview…
Muslim countries’ local sodas see boost amid Coke and Pepsi boycott over
Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades building demand for their soft drinks in Muslim-majority countries including Egypt to Pakistan.Now, both face a challenge from local sodas in those countries…
These housing markets are poised for a downturn — and they’re not in
A new report assessed housing markets’ vulnerability to downturns based on factors like home affordability, foreclosure rates and unemployment.
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Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.25%, citing cooling inflation
In its third consecutive cut since June, the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate to 4.25 per cent on Wednesday, citing the continued easing of inflation. While the move was widely anticipated by economists, the gradual pace of…
‘He won’t evict him’: My husband has a tenant from hell. I put all the
“The tenant wants a million things fixed. I could go on, but my husband does not have the money to do the repairs.”
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Jasper wildfire latest disaster in climate claim deluge facing Canada’s
Hotter summers in Canada that have sparked wildfires in tourist areas, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major cities, all likely linked to climate change, are leading to personnel shortages and potentially…
Turning 44 or 60? Here’s why you might really be feeling your age this
Aging spikes dramatically at two points in life, research says. Here’s what you can do about it.
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