Money market rules are OK after all: Moody’s
Major reforms unlikely after review finds funds resilient to market stress
- By: James Langton
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 15:12
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Higher rates exposing financial fragilities: Fitch
Emerging markets faring better, thanks to their smaller pandemic responses
- By: James Langton
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 14:51
Rising rates weigh on credit growth, deposits: BIS
Impacts of tighter financial conditions, banking stress evident in Q1
- By: James Langton
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 14:26
Europe’s banks could survive a drastic economic downturn, stress test shows
Individual bank scores will be used by banking regulators in determining how much capital they need to hold in reserve
- By: The Associated Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 14:10
Japan’s central bank retains key interest rate, fine tunes bond purchases for more flexibility
Benchmark interest rate stays at minus 0.1%, taking a nimbler approach to keep financial markets stable
- By: The Associated Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 12:43
StatCan says economy grew 0.3% in May, estimates 1% growth for Q2
Performance was slightly lower than expected, given reduced mining and oil and gas operations
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 12:30
Federal government posts $1.5B surplus for first two months of fiscal year
Revenues rose by $1.3 billion on higher interest and employment insurance premiums, and greater proceeds from personal income tax
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 12:10
A closely-tracked inflation gauge falls to its lowest level in more than 2 years
Weakening inflation suggests the Fed may be able to achieve a difficult ``soft landing'' for the economy
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 11:40
Canadian venture capital funding bounces back in Q2
But the $3.25 billion in total disbursements in the first half of the year compares with $4.72 billion in the first six months last year
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 28, 2023 July 28, 2023
- 11:13
U.S. economy accelerated to a 2.4% growth rate in Q2
A burst of business investment drove last quarter's surprising GDP figure
- By: Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
- July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023
- 12:11
U.S. economy could be spared a full-scale downturn
Here's how certain trends may play out
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press, The Associated Press
- July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023
- 12:05
Canadians not overly eager to see central bank digital currencies
Only about one-third of Canadians said they would use CBDCs, according to a CFA Institute survey
- By: Maddie Johnson
- July 26, 2023 July 26, 2023
- 17:03
A solution for an aging population solution has unintended consequences
Policymakers need to balance the effects of rapid immigration, TD says
- By: James Langton
- July 26, 2023 July 26, 2023
- 14:13
Sustainable fund flows slow in Q2
Active fixed income funds dominated the space in a modest quarter, according to Morningstar
- By: Mark Burgess
- July 26, 2023 July 26, 2023
- 11:57
IMF global economic outlook sees slight growth, but inflation still a drag
Chief economist says it's "too early to celebrate"
- By: Fatima Hussein, The Associated Press
- July 25, 2023 July 25, 2023
- 13:29
Toronto’s downtown office vacancy rate inched up in the second quarter: report
Avison Young said it expects availability and vacancy to continue rising in the short term
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 25, 2023 July 25, 2023
- 13:14
U.S. consumer confidence jumps to a two-year high as inflation eases
The index fell from mid-2021 to mid-2022 as surging prices ate into household budgets
- By: Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
- July 25, 2023 July 25, 2023
- 10:44
Canada’s favourite crime: fraud
StatsCan finds fraud to be widespread, rarely reported to police
- By: James Langton
- July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023
- 17:01
Fund sales mixed, assets up in first half: IFIC
Mutual fund redemptions rise, but ETF sales up too
- By: James Langton
- July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023
- 13:19
This is why the BoC hasn’t backed off rate hikes
June's decline in inflation was praised by governor Tiff Macklem, but he's also warned the central bank is ready to raise interest rates further. Why?
- By: Nojoud Al Mallees, Canadian Press
- July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023
- 10:38
Can the Fed pull off a soft landing?
Economists have been downgrading their probabilities of a U.S. recession
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023
- 10:29
Scotia raises forecast on population surge
Demographics are boosting growth, but the rate outlook remains unchanged
- By: James Langton
- July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023
- 16:22
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft agree to White House AI safeguards
Some of the commitments call for third-party oversight of commercial AI systems
- By: The Associated Press
- July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023
- 14:59
Statistics Canada says retail sales up 0.2% to $66 billion in May
Economists expect spending to slow in the second half
- By: Craig Wong, The Canadian Press
- July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023
- 12:17