Proof Point: A weaker Canadian dollar won’t necessarily derail BoC interest rate cuts

Proof Point: A weaker Canadian dollar won’t necessarily derail BoC interest rate cuts

May 01, 2024 |Nathan Janzen and Claire Fan
Proof point: The timing and magnitude of interest rate cuts from the Bank of Canada will be determined by domestic economic and inflation conditions and not the gap in monetary policy with the U.S. Federal Reserve or the value of the Canadian dollar....
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Black Friday spending surprised to the upside despite a softening macro backdrop

Black Friday spending surprised to the upside despite a softening macro backdrop

December 11, 2023 |Carrie Freestone
Retail sales ticked up in November in the midst of the holiday shopping period. Even after adjusting for inflation, real retail sales (excluding autos) were tracking an increase relative to October. Clothing stores and gasoline were responsible for the...
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Canadian inflation elevated but may be close to peak

May 18, 2022 |Claire Fan

We expect higher interest rates, both in Canada and abroad, will ultimately begin to cool demand and price pressures as the year progresses.

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Cross-border wealth planning: How to manage your family’s global interests

December 03, 2021 |RBC Wealth Management

People's lifestyles and perspectives are becoming more global. Here are some things to consider when your wealth heads overseas.

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How the family office is redefining itself in the age of uncertainty

November 26, 2021 |RBC Wealth Management

Agile, growth-focused moves by family offices in the last two years have helped the ultra-high net worth grow their wealth and expand their legacy.

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The long and winding road to recovery

September 13, 2021 |Craig Wright, Dawn Desjardins and Nathan Janzen

The spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and slow vaccination rates in many emerging market economies created another detour in the road to recovery for the global economy.

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The Coming Creativity Boom: How human ingenuity will power the 2020s

July 30, 2021 |Trinh Theresa Do, Sonya Bell, Andrew Schrumm

We spent months talking to experts about why creativity is a competitive advantage. Throughout this report, you’ll hear from them directly.

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Setting a strategy for investing regularly

July 19, 2021 |Investment, tax and lifestyle perspectives from RBC Wealth Management Services

Much like starting early with your investments, using a structured approach is a key principle in successful investing as well. Find out more.

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And Now the Reset: 9 ways COVID has changed consumers, and business, for the decade ahead

March 16, 2021 |John Stackhouse

As the pandemic crosses the one-year mark, its early lessons are proving to have remarkable staying power.

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8 ways COVID will transform the economy and disrupt every business

8 ways COVID will transform the economy and disrupt every business

May 22, 2020 |John Stackhouse

If there is one lesson from the pandemic of 2020, it may be this: We are biological beings in a digital age.

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