Insights

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

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...

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

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

The tightening we expected over the next two years is now likely to come by the end of 2022.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Budget 2022 would be about boosting Canada’s long term economic growth. But her next fiscal blueprint risks being consumed by more immediate demands. The sharply rising cost of living, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

Last-minute spending spree to help with soaring cost of living.

Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia top our growth rankings

The Insights Net wealth gains have not been distributed equally during the pandemic, particularly among visible minority groups already at a disadvantage heading into the crisis. Visible minorities have benefitted less from a record surge in household...