Latest increase ensures banks have a cushion to absorb rising credit losses
Latest numbers highlight growing stress in the industrial and financial trades
Growth in labour demand, average hourly wages offered slowing
Record population growth pushes Canada past 40-million mark
Credit card balances rise as mortgage growth slows
New figures to be released this week could show signs of softening
Remaining excess savings unlikely to be spent, Fitch says
StatsCan reports that offshore investors resumed corporate, federal government bond buying in April
Food prices have risen 18% over two years and prices will stay elevated due to shrinking herd sizes, wage growth and other factors
Central banks seek sweet spot between fighting inflation and sparking recession