3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (361+ words) Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand, sometimes you turn your back to the wind "Life is a Highway," Tom Cochrane Our new Quarterly Economic Outlook, Driving to the conditions: Alberta's economy in 2026 and 2027" is now'available here. What a difference a…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1062+ words) Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he's "encouraged" by the federal government's efforts to diversify the economy and protect it against increasingly common shocks to global trade. He also says Ottawa's fiscal update, tabled earlier this week, will likely…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (271+ words) Global Economy Faces Inflation and Growth Test Amid Escalating Conflict in Iran " Goldman'Energy Now Print " (Reuters) " A temporary surge in oil prices to $100 per barrel could slow global growth by 0. 4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs analysts said on Thursday, as a…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (245+ words) The details around Carney's fund remain sparse. Beyond the announcement that a Crown Corporation will oversee it, we don't know what investment criteria will be used, or how political interference will be prevented. Without robust safeguards, the $25 billion could easily…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (743+ words) By Nick Heubeck and Marton Kasnyik The war in the Middle East is causing unprecedented turmoil in oil markets, supercharging shares in European energy companies that are expected to benefit from higher prices and turning other stocks into laggards. Much…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (894+ words) (Reuters) " The United States and Israel launched'strikes on Iran'on Saturday, targeting its leadership and plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat and give Iranians a chance to topple their…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (416+ words) DUBAI, April 8 (Reuters) " The World Bank has slashed its 2026 growth forecast for Middle East economies as a consequence of the war between the U. S. -Israel and Iran, and warned of pervasive risks in a report published on Wednesday. President Donald Trump…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (760+ words) (Reuters) " The last time the world faced a sudden surge in inflationary pressures from a severe supply shock and spiking energy prices, in 2021-22, major central banks responded in unison. That's unlikely to happen this time around. Five years ago, pandemic-related…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (560+ words) By Nojoud Al Mallees Canada's headline inflation rate slowed to 2. 3% last month, cooler than economist expectations for 2. 4%, as gasoline prices fell on a yearly basis. Statistics Canada's consumer price index report on Tuesday showed the rate edging down a tick…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (704+ words) That reckoning carries consequences far beyond the military. At stake is a potential rethink of the financial, trade and military ties at the very heart of their dollar-based economies " and of the hundreds of billions in dollar reserves underpinning them....