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Thoughts On ... When Lazy Becomes Stupid and Stupid Becomes Ironic

 January 26, 2024 |Matt Barasch

For this week’s missive, we honor the not late and the not-so-great campaign of Ronald Dion DeSantis.

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Market Musings - Canadian Housing Market - Weakness then a Bubble

 January 23, 2024 |Matt Barasch
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Thoughts On ... Weakness then a Bubble?

 January 12, 2024 |Matt Barasch
We thought we would begin 2024 with our thoughts on the Canadian housing markets. We had contemplated doing a piece on U.S. politics with Monday’s Republican Iowa caucuses set to kick-off the 10-month sprint to Election Day, but then we started thinking...
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U.S. labour market ended the year with strength

U.S. labour market ended the year with strength

 January 05, 2024 |Claire Fan, Economist, Royal Bank of Canada
US labour market data ended 2023 with strength. Payroll employment was up 216k in December while the unemployment rate held at 3.7% after declining to that level the prior month. As was the case for much of the year, the employment gain in December was...
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Canadian labour markets ended 2023 with a whimper

 January 05, 2024 |Nathan Janzen, Assistant Chief Economist, Royal Bank of Canada
The December labour market data was mixed, but on balance adds to evidence that economic activity remained soft through Q4. Employment was essentially unchanged in December, the softest reading since a 6k decline last July. And the unemployment rate held...
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