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After months of cooling, Canadian inflation ticked higher once again in May. The Bank of Canada remains sensitive to inflation, leading markets to push out the timing of the next interest rate cut. While disappointing to those looking for interest rate...

Gen AI holds the potential to get Canada’s economy growing again through accelerated innovation and productivity. The big question is whether Canadian businesses and public sector organizations will seize the moment.

The Canadian housing market remains among the most expensive in the world and has put up strong returns over the past 20 years. It may surprise many to learn that the TSX has outperformed house prices over that same time period. There are stark differences...

“Landlords are a significant stakeholder in our journey to create a future we all want,” says RBC’s Director of Global Sustainability.

Evidence has continued to build that the current high level of interest rates is no longer needed. All ducks appear to be in a row for the Bank of Canada (BoC) to kick-start the policy easing cycle and lower the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4...

We saw a healthy number of new listings come to market this April—but even so, buyers remained on the sidelines across most major Canadian markets. Slower sales amid the influx of supply brought the available inventory back to pre-pandemic levels, relieving...

Canadian inflation indicators continue to moderate, opening up the door for the Bank of Canada to offer some interest rate relief. Inflation has been trending lower all year and in contrast to the U.S., the pace of decline has not flattened out. The Bank...

Canada has urgent and challenging energy choices to make. We will need to rapidly scale power generation to service the needs of a growing economy, while simultaneously reducing net-carbon emissions to zero by 2050 to meet our climate targets. Given the...

RBC Capital Markets' Sustainable Finance Group provides an overview of three key environmental, social and governance themes that it believes will shape the sustainable finance market in 2024.