Economy
Jim Flaherty’s Budgets The Best Laid Plans
Now that Mr. Flaherty is about to deliver his ninth budget, I thought it was prudent to take a look back at the accuracy of ……Read More
Business
Economy
Corporate America and its Growing Pile of Offshore Cash
A recent report by Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) shows how offshore cash holdings by American companies is becoming an even bigger issue than it ……Read More
Economy
The Fed – Caught Between a Rock and a Very Hard Place
A recent speech by Ben Bernanke provides us with a look at the double-edged sword of his low interest rate policy from his perspective. ……Read More
Economy
Rising Corporate Profits and Dropping Job Creation
We all know how this "recovery" has been a jobless "recovery" with approximately 12.3 million American workers still out of work four years into the ……Read More
Economy
Peak Oil Is Almost Here and There’s No Magic To Counter It: Interview with Dave Summers
This where we stand, and it’s a fairly bleak view: Peak oil is almost here, and nothing new (with the possible but unlikely exception of ……Read More
Economy
Canada’s Housing Affordability It It Improving?
RBC Economics recently released its analysis of housing affordability in Canada and it shows that overall average affordability, at the national level, has improved slightly ……Read More