Labour Force Report

Labour Force Report

The Very Weak September Jobs Report For Canada Will Give the BoC Second Thoughts About Hiking Rates Employment fell in September, continuing a stream of lacklustre labour force surveys. Canadian jobs fell by 68,300, wiping out all of this year’s job gains as the...
Labour Force Report

Labour Force Report

Weak August Jobs Report In Canada Takes BoC Tightening Off The Table–The Opposite Is Likely For Federal Reserve  Employment in Canada fell by 41,700 in August, reversing some of the labour market momentum seen in recent months as the manufacturing sector...
Bank of Canada Update

Bank of Canada Update

Bank of Canada Holds Policy Rate Steady Again, As Expected Today, the Bank of Canada once again held the policy rate at 2.25%, the level it has held since October 2025. This is the bottom of the Bank’s estimate of the neutral overnight rate, where monetary...
Canadian Housing Update

Canadian Housing Update

Housing Market  Momentum Persists in June, and the Bank of Canada Held Rates Steady Canada’s housing market gained meaningful momentum in May and June. The number of home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged up a further 0.5% on a...
Inflation News

Inflation News

Canadian Inflation Rose to 3.2% in May as Core Inflation Remained SubduedHigher gasoline prices pushed Canadian inflation to a more than two-year high, while underlying inflation pressures showed little sign of accelerating, with core measures broadly unchanged and...