Economy
The Vicious Cycle Hindering the Global Economic Recovery
The Bank for International Settlements or BIS has recently released its 82nd annual report for the year 2011. As you may recall, BIS is an intergovernmental ……Read More
Economy
Economy
Egypt’s Petroleum Industry A Point of Vulnerability
With turmoil in Egypt once again making headlines, I thought that it was time to take a brief look at one of Egypt's main sources ……Read More
Economy
JOLTing America Back to Work
Recent data releases regarding the state of the job market in the United States have been sending mixed messages about the economy. The headline U-3 ……Read More
Economy
The Painful Impact of Ultra-Low Interest Rates
We are all quite aware that we are living in an ultra-low interest rate environment thanks, in large part, to the creative efforts of the ……Read More
Economy
Canada’s Healthy Banking System Fact or Fiction?
Since the beginning of the Great Recession, Canadians (and the rest of the world for that matter) have been bombarded with propaganda from the Harper ……Read More
Economy
The World’s Growing Pension Pains
A few days ago, I posted an article on the dire situation currently being experienced by General Motors and their massively under-funded pension plan. Recently, ……Read More