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After a volatile first half of 2022 marked by surging inflation and uncertain economic conditions, what’s in store for rates, the Fed, and markets?

A wave of new Canadians is coming—and just in time.

Canadian inflation basically comes from three sources: 1) housing; 2) stuff we produce and consumer domestically that’s not housing related and 3) stuff we buy from foreign sources. All three have been contributing to inflation.

While we have spent a fair bit of time talking about inflation over the past year (and will very likely discuss more in the coming months), the newest phenomena in the “inflation game” is so called “shrinkflation”.

From voice-activated home alarms to smartwatches with blood sugar monitors, learn how you can age at home with the help of technology.

The wind is definitely shifting—and becoming a lot chillier—for Canada’s housing market. Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa and Hamilton were among the areas experiencing significant pullbacks in home resale activity in May. For many of them this represented...

This week we saw a few data releases which are going to paint the picture for the second half of 2022 into 2023.

Rate hike is the second in a row from the Bank of Canada.