The future of post-secondary education: on campus, online and on demand

The future of post-secondary education: on campus, online and on demand

June 01, 2020 |Andrew Schrumm

COVID-19 triggered a mass experiment in online education that will have a lasting impact on how and where Canadians learn.

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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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Canada's economy has been put on notice

May 12, 2020 |John Stackhouse

Fallout from the measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have had a disproportionate impact on small businesses.

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After the fall

After the fall

May 11, 2020 |Josh Nye

April was a month of extremes. Survey data suggest economic activity contracted at an unprecedented rate as many economies were partially locked down in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The economic eclipse

The economic eclipse

May 09, 2020 |RBC Economics

Health crisis and oil price crash blacked out Canada's economy in April

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Consumer spending tracker

COVID consumer spending tracker

April 16, 2020 |RBC Economics

It’s not often a Canadian prime minister abruptly upends consumption patterns.

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Housing market off course

Pandemic throws housing market off course

April 15, 2020 |Robert Hogue

As feared, home resales plummeted across-the-board in March. Activity fell 14.3% from February nationwide as governments rolled out COVID-19 containment measures.

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Employment plunged in March – with much worse to come

April 10, 2020 |RBC Economics

The 1 million drop in jobs in March reported this morning makes every other month-over-month change in the labour force survey data before look like a rounding error.

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Record-breaking declines ahead

Record-breaking declines ahead

April 09, 2020 |Josh Nye

The coronavirus pandemic continues to take a tragic human toll while wreaking havoc on health care systems and economies across the globe.

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A downturn like no other

A downturn like no other

April 09, 2020 |RBC Economics

The economic cost of the COVID-19 crisis may pale in comparison to the human cost.

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