Economic indicators – Investment Executive https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:29:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Economic indicators – Investment Executive https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 GST/HST break juiced restaurant jobs, but left retail sector behind https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/gst-hst-break-juiced-restaurant-jobs-but-left-retail-sector-behind/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:29:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502219 Restaurants added jobs, but 53% still operating at a loss or breaking even

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]]> Household income edged higher in Q3: OECD https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/household-income-edged-higher-in-q3-oecd/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:49:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502239 Canada led G7 in per capita household income growth

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]]> The economic fallout of extreme weather events https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/the-economic-fallout-of-extreme-weather-events/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:34:36 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502155 Weather-related shocks have different impacts on output, inflation, BIS finds

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]]> Global IPOs weak despite strong markets, trading https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/global-ipos-weak-despite-strong-markets-trading/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:26:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502150 WFE calls for policymakers to support public markets

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]]> Rising regulatory burden weighs on growth: StatCan https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/rising-regulatory-burden-weighs-on-growth-statcan/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:16:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502144 Accumulating rules reduce output, hit larger firms harder

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]]> Federal government hosts Canada-U.S. economic summit during tariff threat pause https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/federal-government-hosts-canada-u-s-economic-summit-during-tariff-threat-pause/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:43:07 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502012 Trudeau, in opening remarks at the event, reiterated the need for a 'Team Canada' approach

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]]> U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/u-s-employers-added-just-143000-jobs-last-month/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:32:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502009 Still, the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025

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]]> Tariff threat adds to central bank challenges: Macklem https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/tariff-threat-adds-to-central-bank-challenges-macklem/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:27:21 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502007 The BoC governor says central banks can't address weaker output and higher inflation at the same time

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]]> ‘Serious momentum’: Jobs data blows past estimates as unemployment falls to 6.6% https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/canada-added-76000-jobs-in-january/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:18:35 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502001 The manufacturing sector carried the largest employment gains, adding 33,000 jobs

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]]> Population picture remains in doubt: Desjardins https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/population-picture-remains-in-doubt-desjardins/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:57:14 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501973 Early indications point to progress on immigration, but goals remain distant

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