Lingering effects of the pandemic will weigh on a key driver of economic growth
Despite heavy outflows in December, cross-border investment was positive for 2020, StatsCan reports
Sales down in December, but not as sharply as feared, a Scotia report said
The economy lost almost 213,000 jobs last month
The increase made scarcely any dent in the nearly 10 million jobs that remain lost
The pandemic has exacerbated income inequality, and many low-wage workers have no job to return to
Where the virus goes, so go markets
StatsCan's early estimate suggests retailers saw sales fall in December, though, at the height of the holiday shopping season
Sales rose to 6.48 million for 2020, the highest level since 2006
Current crisis unusual as insolvencies dropped despite severe economic shock