6 Apr

Bank of Canada Not Happy With Another Strong Jobs Report

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

This morning’s Jobs Report was again solid. Job creation, though more tempered than in earlier months, is still robust. The unemployment rate remained at 5.0% for the fourth consecutive month. Very troubling to the Bank of Canada was the wage inflation, still above 5%. No doubt the Bank does not welcome this news. But the […]

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5 Apr

Selling Your Home in the Spring

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Are you looking to sell your home? We have a few tips to help you make the most of the spring season! Hire an Experienced Realtor: Before preparing your home for the Spring market, you will want to hire an experienced realtor! A good realtor will serve as your guide through the entire sales process, helping […]

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29 Mar

Canada’s Federal Budget Describes a Deteriorating Fiscal Outlook and Slowing Economy

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Federal Budget 2023 … Press the Snooze Button As promised, there would be nothing much in this year’s budget for fear of stimulating inflation. The federal government faces a challenging fiscal environment and a weakening economy. Ottawa promised it would err on the side of restraint. Instead, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced a $43 billion […]

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22 Mar

Canada’s Headline Inflation Cools in February

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Further Decline in Inflation in February Will Keep the Bank of Canada on Hold in April   All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve tomorrow when they decide whether to hold rates steady because of the banking crisis or raise the overnight rate by 25 basis points (bps). Before the run on Silicon Valley […]

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16 Mar

Canadian Housing Appears to be Close to Bottoming

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Housing Market Could be Poised for a Spring Rebound The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in February bounced 2.3% from the previous month. Homeowners and buyers were comforted by the guidance from the Bank of Canada that it would likely pause rate hikes for the first time in a year. The Canadian aggregate benchmark […]

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15 Mar

Three US Banks Fail and Markets Freak Out

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Silicon Valley Bank (SVP) had a sterling reputation among the many tech start-ups it helped to finance. What brought SVB down was an old-fashioned bank run set off in 2021 by a series of bad decisions. That year, the stock market boomed, interest rates were near zero, and the tech sector was flush with cash. […]

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13 Feb

Canadian Jobs Market Booms Despite Rate Hikes

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Posted by: Kim Stenberg

Today’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) for January was much stronger than expected, once again calling into question how long the Bank of Canada’s rate pause will last. This report showed no evidence that the labour market is slowing in response to the vast and rapid runup in interest rates. Employment surged by 150,000–ten times more than […]

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