Category Archives: Canada economy

Risks, Hedges and Opportunities: Oh Canada!

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

The IMF predicts that Canadian economic growth will increase at least 3.6% in 2010 and that is more than 0.5% from an April estimate of 3.1% compared to 1.0% for the Euro zone, 3.3% for the USA, 1.2% for Britain … Continue reading →

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OECD: Leading Economies’ Growth Slows

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for April 2010 point to a slowing pace of expansion in most OECD countries. The CLI for the OECD area increased by 0.4 point in April 2010, slightly lower than the 0.5 point increase in … Continue reading →

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THE CANADIAN HOUSING BUBBLE

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

From Gluskin Sheff’s David Rosenberg:

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WORLD GDP FORECASTS

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

Charts from The Economist on world GDP growth in 2010 and 2011. The forecasts are from the IMF which just revised its estimate for 2010 world economic growth from 3.9% to 4.2%. The world economy runs on 3 gears: the … Continue reading →

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Freight Volumes Keep Recovering

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

Carloads hit another high. Total freight volumes for the six Class 1 railroads totaled 746,064 for the week ending April 17, reaching their highest level since November 2008. Volumes were up a considerable 18.5% from the comparable week in 2009, … Continue reading →

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Risks, Hedges and Opportunities: In Praise of the Canadian Dollar

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

The Canadian narrative is beautifully arranged and elegantly expressed by media and it is with little suspicion that the march toward US parity is on the horizon. The CDN dollar ended significantly higher at 98.38 us cents on Friday hitting … Continue reading →

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CANADIAN ECONOMY CREATES 20,900 JOBS IN FEBRUARY

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Denis Ouellet

The jobless rate fell to a 10-month low of 8.2 per cent in February from 8.3 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday. Employment has been climbing since July, with 159,000 new jobs created in the past seven months.

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