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'Excess demand in the Canadian economy is more persistent than we thought' Get the latest from Stephanie Hughes straight to your inbox Sign Up Persistent strength in the economy means interest rates may have to stay higher for longer...

But economists say may not be enough to deter the Bank of Canada from further rate hikes Get the latest from Stephanie Hughes straight to your inbox Sign Up Canada’s unemployment rate rose in May for the first time since August 2022 a...

Central banks around the world continue to battle runaway inflation through interest rate hikes and one expert believes she has picked out three currencies that will persevere throughout aggressive monetary policy measures.    Speaking with BNN Bloomberg’s A...

Ross Healy, chairman at Strategic Analysis Corporation; portfolio manager at MacNicol & Associates Asset Management FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: For the second time in this decade (June 2020 being the first), the Nasdaq 1...

A rally in technology stocks resumed Thursday, pushing the S&P 500’s gains since an October low past 20 per cent, the marker of a bull market. A jump in jobless claims to the highest since October 2021 delivered a boost to the tech sector, which had been f...

Canada's main stock index ticked lower Thursday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. markets moved higher, led by the technology sector.  The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 40.99 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 19,942.70. In New York, the Dow Jones Indu...

Episode 197 of Down to Business podcast Get the latest from Gabriel Friedman straight to your inbox Sign Up Variable-rate, fixed-payment mortgages were all the rage in Canada during the pandemic when interest rates were at rock bottom...

Other central banks, including the Fed, may have to push rates deeper into restrictive territory The Bank of Canada’s decision to resume raising interest rates shook global bond markets and underscored the difficult task faced by central banks...

Central bank's rate increase breathes new life into most aggressive hiking cycle in recent memory In a span of a couple of months, talk about Canada’s economy has gone from recession worries and interest rate cuts to things being too hot to han...

Productivity growth is key to breaking the momentum By Ted Carmichael THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by Kevin Carmichael, Victoria...