All the ducks are starting to line up. The Bank of Canada has been waiting for a period, not a month, where inflation is softening in order to trigger its first …
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Inflation
Saskatchewan consumers demonstrate confidence in early 2024
Saskatchewan consumers were showing some upbeat tendencies early in the year as we opened our wallets in local shops. The monthly retail sales figures are …
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Inflation rate in February not as high as anticipated for Saskatchewan
The new inflation numbers caught observers off guard when they fell from January’s 2.9 per cent to 2.8 per cent in February -- but they were a lot lower than …
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Higher interest rates having intended effect in Canada
It would appear that higher interest rates are working and maybe that stress test the housing and financial industries complained about was not such a bad idea …
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Productivity could be Canada’s next concern
There seems to be a growing consensus that sometime later this year will bring relief on the high cost of borrowing. So, when this new, downward trend …
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Bank of Canada’s role in inflation questioned
There’s an argument circulating in financial circles that our high inflation rate is actually a choice made by the central bank and they have the option to …
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