U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed Canada with the world watching last week when he said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that “We don’t need their oil and gas.” Maybe, but for a ...
Division thrives when living standards are under threat, when people do not see their government protecting them from economic shocks. More than ever before, Canada must prioritize its economy ...
Lee said part of the problem is that Trump’s economic advisers — Stephen Miran, Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent — are more qualified than anyone in Canada. “It’s embarrassing that our cabinet, ...
Economic forecasts suggest the Bank of Canada will likely lower its key policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday in light of recent inflation and jobs data, bringing it down to 3%.
Statistics Canada said in a flash estimate on Monday. The estimate was calculated based on a weighted response rate of 65.0%. The average weighted response rate for the survey over the previous 12 ...
OTTAWA—Canada is a laggard when it comes to trade diversity despite all the years of political pledges to do better, and all the free trade agreements signed. At a quick glance, the facts are ...
Mr. Trump has warned that the U.S. is prepared to undergo a sweeping separation of its economy from Canada’s, blaming the U.S.’s northern neighbour for taking advantage of their relationship ...
In fact, the US goods and services trade deficit with Canada was about $40.6 billion in 2023, according to the US government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Even if you only consider trade in ...
WSJ’s latest survey shows that forecasters expect higher inflation than they did in October—but also higher GDP growth Each pair of dots is an economist’s prediction in the latest survey and ...
Cargo theft hit a record high in the U.S. and Canada for the second consecutive year, and the trend is expected to continue as criminal enterprises have become more sophisticated in their methods.
Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew ...
"Continental energy security" was the watchword of both governments and industry for much of the past quarter century in North America: the idea that by linking the U.S. and Canada in a tight web ...