Counsellor Quarterly

Canada Resilient economic and job growth continues to keep the Bank of Canada (BoC) on its toes as it tries to gauge the need for more monetary policy tightening to ensure inflation remains on a downward trend. While inflation remains too elevated at...

The economy has so far remained remarkably resilient in the face of sharply higher interest rates. However, it is this very strength, combined with inflationary pressures, that has pushed central banks to aggressively tighten monetary policy over the...

New year, new inspiration, new resolution

2022 was a challenging year, with most leading economies experiencing significant increases in inflation, while also suffering the dual negative impact of the rising interest rates designed to quell it. Key central banks, from the U.S. Federal Reserve...

Looking back “Unprecedented” was a word many of us added to our vocabulary at the start of 2020 as COVID-19 spread around the world, resulting in lockdowns and other changes to our “normal” lives. Just as we all thought we’d heard the end of the word...

Canada While employment numbers continue to defy expectations with their strength, the economy is clearly slowing. Aimed at combatting stubbornly high inflation, historically fast and large increases in interest rates by the Bank of Canada over 2022 have...

A new year is a great time to refresh, reset and reinvigorate your goals, setting you on course to building or enriching your wealth plan.