Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Thursday, May 8, 2014,
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/11/27/bank-of-canada-can-afford-to-put-off-rate-hike-until-2015-imf/
Gordon Isfeld | November 27, 2013
OTTAWA — First, the good news.
Canada’s economy will accelerate in 2014 — clocking in at a pace of 2.25%, easily overtaking this year’s modest growth of nearly half that, according to the world’s largest lending organization.
RBC’s latest research on how much income is needed to maintain ...
Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, March 4, 2014,
http://www.housingwire.com/articles/28551-things-to-know-about-interest-rates-in-2014Trey Garrison | January 10, 2014
Interest rates will go up. Or they will stay the same. One of those two things will definitely happen in 2014, economists say, and some lenders and investors may have trouble adjusting to the change.
"We think rates are generally headed up. We have a growing economy both here and aboard,” said Mike Fratantoni, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). "We’r...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, March 4, 2014,
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/9/11/Canadians-in-top-1-earn-7-times-national-median-Survey.aspxBill Curry | September 11, 2013Canadians in the top one percent are
paid more than $191,000 a year according to the National Household Survey,
which takes a closer look at how governments take from the rich and give to the
poor.
The make-up of the
one percent club is overwhelmingly male, most-likely over the age of 45 and
tends to work in management jobs. Canada's top earners are also more
likely to m...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, March 4, 2014,
http://www.inc.com/gene-marks/10-things-business-owners-can-be-certain-about-in-2014.html#!
Gene Marks | December 26, 2013
We are small business owners. We complain about uncertainty. We don't like surprises. Well, we can stop complaining.
Because here are 10 things you can be absolutely certain about in 2014.
1. Washington gridlock will continue. The Republicans are working to win back the Senate in this year's
Congressional elections. It’s a long shot. If they control both houses of Congress...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, January 17, 2011,
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2011/1/17/Flaherty-details-new-mortgage-rules.aspxBill Curry and Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail | January 17, 2011Concern over rising consumer debt levels is prompting Ottawa to make three new changes to Canada's mortgage rules.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Monday that new federal
rules will reduce the maximum amortization period to 30 years from 35
years for government-backed insured mortgages with loan-to-value ratios
of more than 80 percent.
Secon...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, January 17, 2011,
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2010/12/13/Low-rates-create-risks-Bank-of-Canada-chief-warns.aspxReuters | December 13, 2010
Bank
of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned Canadians on Monday of the risks
inherent in what he predicted would be a prolonged period of low
interest rates in advanced economies. At
the same time, he said businesses and individuals should be aware that
the era of cheap money would inevitably end. He also highlighted the
relative strength of the Canadian economy ve...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, January 17, 2011,
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2010/12/7/Scotia-sees-2011-gains-for-loonie-stocks.aspxReuters | December 7, 2010Canada's dollar
will grind higher against the greenback in 2011 and 2012, boosted by
demand for commodities and interest rates higher than those found in the
United States, Scotiabank predicted.
The S&P/TSX composite index is also likely to rise more than 5
percent from current levels by the end of next year as the economy
recovers further, the bank said in an economic and market outlo...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, January 17, 2011,
http://www.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20101019/RBBLACKROCKFINKERMANATLBOYD ERMAN and TIM KILADZE - Tuesday, October 19, 2010
TORONTO -- Larry Fink worries that Americans are putting their economy at risk by neglecting the future.
The founder of BlackRock Inc.,
the world's largest asset management company, isn't keeping the concern
to himself, either. "The biggest weakness I think we have in America is
we have forgotten the long term," Mr. Fink said in a recent interview
...
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Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, October 4, 2010,
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2010/9/30/Mark-Carney-warns-of-modest-growth.aspx
Jeremy Torobin, The Globe and Mail - September 30, 2010
The economy will grow at a "modest pace" in the coming months
amid headwinds from abroad, and as Canadian households try to attack
the debt that emergency low borrowing costs allowed them to pile up
during the recession, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned
Thursday.
While Canada's recovery has been the envy of the Group of 7, it has
relied on levels of con...
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Posted by on Tuesday, June 1, 2010,
Reuters May 31, 2010
Canada's economy expanded at the fastest clip in more than a decade in the first quarter, fueling expectations that Tuesday the Bank of Canada will become the first G7 country to raise interest rates since the start of the recession.
Statistics Canada said Monday that consumer spending, a hot housing market and a return of business investment helped boost gross domestic product by 6.1 percent at an annual rate in the quarter, the biggest jump since the fourth quarter of...
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