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Expert analysis of key Canadian and U.S. indicators- Canada: December Net International Securities Flows Hit the Exits (February 18, 2020)
- Canadian Manufacturers Disappoint and High Inventories Still Plague The Outlook (February 18, 2020)
- Weather Partly Disrupted US Retail Sales and Industrial Output (February 14, 2020)
- US CPI Indicates Core PCE Remains Well Below The Fed’s Target (February 13, 2020)
- Canada: Consumer Insolvencies Declined Again in December (February 10, 2020)
- Canada Creates Jobs In A Growth Vacuum (February 7, 2020)
- US Jobs and Wages Beat Consensus, Yet Markets Re-Focus On Virus Fears (February 7, 2020)
- Favour ADP’s Nonfarm Signal Over The One In ISM-Services (February 5, 2020)
- Canadian Exports Rebounded Due To Transitory Drivers But The Trend Remains Weak (February 5, 2020)
- Canada: Consumer Credit Took Off in December 2019 (February 3, 2020)
- Canada’s Economy Registered Little Growth For A 5th Straight Month (January 31, 2020)
- Canada: SMEs Kick-Off 2020 Where They Left 2019 (January 30, 2020)
- US Economy Posts Stable Growth (January 30, 2020)
- Treasuries React Dovishly To The Fed (January 29, 2020)
- US Business Investment Retrenches (January 28, 2020)
- Foreign On-Line Sales Don’t Explain Away Weak Canadian Consumer Spending (January 24, 2020)
- The BoC Embraced An Easing Bias—With Scope For Turning More Dovish Yet (January 22, 2020)
- Canada Offers A Gift To Inflation Doves (January 22, 2020)
- Canadian Manufacturers Are Grappling With An Inventory Overhang (January 21, 2020)
- Canada: November Net International Securities Flows Turn Negative for First Time in Four Months (January 17, 2020)
- US Retail Sales—A Better End To A Weak Quarter (January 16, 2020)
- Canada: HELOC Borrowing Contracts in November for the First Time Since 2015 (January 15, 2020)
- US Core Inflation Remains Tame and Narrowly Driven (January 14, 2020)
- Canada: Household Credit Growth Slows in November (January 13, 2020)
- BoC’s BOS Indicates A Bit More Caution (January 13, 2020)
- The BoC’s New Consumer Survey (January 13, 2020)
- US Real Wage Growth Is Disappearing (January 10, 2020)
- Why You Should Fade Canadian Jobs (January 10, 2020)
- Canada: Insolvencies Retreated A Bit in November, but Still Elevated (January 10, 2020)
- US ISM-Services Improves—But The Details Were Weak (January 7, 2020)
- Trade Grinds Canada’s Economy To A Halt (January 7, 2020)
- Canadian SMEs Not Very Merry This December (December 31, 2019)
- Canada’s Economy Shrinks—US Strike Is A Red Herring (December 23, 2019)
- Canada’s Economy Has Stalled, Case For Rate Cuts Grows (December 20, 2019)
- Canadian Core CPI Will Keep The BoC Sidelined, But Drivers May Be Transitory (December 18, 2019)
- Canada: HELOC Growth Slows as Housing Markets Pick Up (December 17, 2019)
- Weakness In Canadian Manufacturing Is Likely To Continue (December 17, 2019)
- Canada: Net Securities Inflows Increase in October (December 17, 2019)
- Canada’s National Net Worth Stable in Q3 (December 13, 2019)
- Canada’s International Net Creditor Position Grows in Q3 (December 13, 2019)
- US Consumers Stall Out In Q4 (December 13, 2019)
- FOMC Delivers A Dovish Hold (December 11, 2019)
- The Fed Will Probably Remain Frustrated By Its Inflation Goals Into 2020 (December 11, 2019)
- The Fed Might Upgrade Its Labor Market Assessment In Next Week’s Statement (December 6, 2019)
- Canadian Jobs Say Cut To The BoC (December 6, 2019)
- Art Lovers Embrace An Otherwise Weak Canadian Trade Report (December 5, 2019)
- Bank of Canada Tightens Financial Conditions On A Lark (December 4, 2019)
- Canada: Consumer Insolvencies Trending Upward (December 3, 2019)
- Canada: Mortgage Growth Keeps Accelerating (December 2, 2019)
- US ISM Highlights That Second-Round Effects of Trade Wars Still Lie Ahead (December 2, 2019)
- Canada: Q3 Balance of Payments Hit Expectations (November 29, 2019)
- Canada: November SME Sentiment Falls Back to March Levels (November 28, 2019)
- Canadian Consumers End A Decent Quarter On A Softer Note (November 22, 2019)
- BoC Signals A December Hold, But A Case For Easing Remains (November 21, 2019)
- Canadian CPI Is Tracking Below The BoC’s Q4 Forecast (November 20, 2019)
- Another Weak Canadian Manufacturing Report (November 19, 2019)
- Canada: HELOC Growth Ticks Up in September Amidst Longer-Run Slowdown (November 15, 2019)
- Canada: Net Inflows Remain Steady in September, Ending Q3 in Positive Territory (November 15, 2019)
- US Core PCE Might Not Follow Core CPI Lower (November 13, 2019)
- Canada: Insolvencies Surge Again in September (November 12, 2019)
- Why The Latest Canadian Jobs Report Is More Dovish For The BoC (November 8, 2019)
- Two Reasons To Doubt The Improvement In US ISM-Services (November 5, 2019)
- Canadian Exports Are Succumbing To Renewed Weakness (November 5, 2019)
- US ISM-Manufacturing Improves, But Is It Sustainable? (November 1, 2019)
- US Nonfarm Counters Recession Talk, Fed Could Upgrade Jobs Reference (November 1, 2019)
- Canada October CFIB SME Survey (October 31, 2019)
- US Inflation Dip Adds to Fed Doubts (October 31, 2019)
- Canadian Economy Tracking Soft Growth, As Recent Jobs Data Thrown Into Doubt (October 31, 2019)
- Fed Cuts, Markets Debate Less Dovish Guidance (October 30, 2019)
- BoC Lets the Rate Cut Genie Out of the Bottle (October 30, 2019)
- US GDP Beats, But Shouldn’t Impact Fed (October 30, 2019)
- BoC Preview: The BoC Unplugged (October 28, 2019)
- Canada: Household Credit Growth Continues To Climb in September (October 28, 2019)
- Fed Preview: A Hawkish Cut? (October 28, 2019)
- Trump-Effect Slams US Cap-Ex (October 24, 2019)
- BoC’s BOS & SLOS Offer A Mixed Picture (October 22, 2019)
- A Gassy Canadian Retail Sales Report (October 22, 2019)
- Canada: Net Inflows Return to Canadian Securities in August (October 16, 2019)
- US Retail Sales Tee Up A Q4 Slowdown (October 16, 2019)
- CAD & Rates Rightly Shrug Off Canadian CPI (October 16, 2019)
- Canada: HELOC Growth Continues to Slow in August (October 15, 2019)
- Canada’s Job Surge Deserves A Second Look (October 11, 2019)
- Canada: Household Credit Growth Spikes in August (October 7, 2019)
- Canada: Insolvencies Fall in August Following July’s Spike (October 4, 2019)
- The Fed Can Still Say Job Gains Are ‘Solid’ (October 4, 2019)
- ISM-Services Sinks, Triggering Nonfarm Bets With Implications For The Fed & BoC (October 3, 2019)
- Trumponomics Is Driving US Manufacturing Into A Deepening Recession (October 1, 2019)
- Canada’s Economy Stumbles Into Q3 (October 1, 2019)
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