Lagging effect of higher rates likely to bite this year, report says
Population growth must slow sharply before productivity can improve, report says
Foreign-worker flows are a key uncertainty in forecast, Desjardins says
Central bank will need a communications shift to navigate policy pivot, TD says
Price declines were mainly an Ontario phenomenon, but home prices were softening in the Fraser Valley, Winnipeg and Halifax
Average home price was up 3% year over year
Households, companies face a challenging economic environment
Without a surging population, inflation may already be under control, NBF report suggests
Fewer than 2% of UHT returns have involved tax owing
The agency says figures for the first nine months of 2023 have already surpassed the total growth in any other full year