Canada’s housing market outlook: Sustaining recovery in uncertain times

Canada’s housing market outlook: Sustaining recovery in uncertain times

February 11, 2025 |Robert Hogue

The significant risk that tariffs pose to Canada’s economy casts a potentially dark shadow over the housing market.

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A U.S.-Canada trade shock now in play: first economic takeaways

A U.S.-Canada trade shock now in play: first economic takeaways

February 02, 2025 |Frances Donald and Nathan Janzen
Canada has been hit with its largest trade shock in nearly 100 years. RBC Economics now finds itself balancing the desire to produce a clear analysis with the recognition that the evolution of trade policies, and policymakers’ responses to them, still...
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A playbook for how to measure a tariff shock in Canada

A playbook for how to measure a tariff shock in Canada

January 23, 2025 |Frances Donald and Nathan Janzen
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken office, and understandably, there is growing concern about what threatened American tariffs could mean for the Canadian economy. Economists have a head start this time around—it isn’t our first pass at assessing the...
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Homebuyers get some affordability relief but strains endure

Homebuyers get some affordability relief but strains endure

January 09, 2025 |Robert Hogue
Homeownership costs have eased for three consecutive quarters in Canada. The share of income a household needs to cover mortgage payments, property taxes and utilities has fallen nationwide to 58.4% by Q3 after reaching an all-time high of 63.8% in Q4...
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The President’s Message

The President’s Message

January 05, 2025 |Counsellor Quarterly – Winter 2025
Investor enthusiasm in 2024 was fuelled by a combination of moderating inflation, falling interest rates and Trump’s election victory, which signals more U.S. growth, lower taxes and less regulation. Stocks climbed to record levels as a result. While...
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Evolution = change x values

Evolution = change x values

January 05, 2025 |Counsellor Quarterly – Winter 2025
Change is inevitable and a fundamental part of the human experience. Some moments in history present more change than others, and this appears to be one of those moments. With the right values and ethos, change can present an opportunity for meaningful...
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New Year’s wealth planning resolution “checklist”

New Year’s wealth planning resolution “checklist”

January 05, 2025 |Counsellor Quarterly – Winter 2025
New year, new page The new year is a popular time to reflect back upon the year that was and to look forward to the one ahead. It’s a fresh page upon which you will write your life and the events that happen in it. It’s also a great time to pause and...
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Around the world in 80 seconds

Around the world in 80 seconds

January 05, 2025 |Counsellor Quarterly – Winter 2025
Canada With inflation firmly within its target range, the Bank of Canada (BoC) reduced borrowing costs this December for the fifth time this year by cutting its benchmark rate by another outsized fifty basis points, bringing it to 3.25% to close out 2024...
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The 2024 U.S. presidential election: What now? Election aftermath

The 2024 U.S. presidential election: What now? Election aftermath

January 05, 2025 |Tasneem Azim-Khan, Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist
Please note that this is a condensed version of the original article. For the full version, as well as the previous reports in this four-part series, please click here. Following Donald Trump's 2024 election victory and Republican congressional control...
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Five strategies to maximize your RRSP savings

Five strategies to maximize your RRSP savings

January 01, 2025 |RBC Wealth Management

From contributing at the beginning of the year to setting a savings target, these tips can help you make the most of your RRSPs.

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