It is nearly impossible to find someone in the financial world who disputes the suggestion that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates by half a point …
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Economy
Some Canadians giving up dream of affording to buy a home this year
The number of people whose plans to buy a house have been put on hold has doubled in the past two years, according to ScotiaBank’s annual Homeownership …
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Spending and taxation to be closely watched in upcoming federal budget
There is certainly no consensus about what will be highlighted in the federal budget released this wee. Some analysts say there is reason to expect much more …
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Western Canada attracting people moving from Ontario
History may be repeating itself. There is something brewing in Ontario that sounds an awful lot of like a story we heard Ten or fifteen years ago, people …
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Homebuyers paying premium prices at this point in pandemic
The latest RBC Royal Bank home affordability report is a rather dark dissertation that talks about home buyers paying premiums – and significant ones in some …
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Saskatchewan budget under promises with hopes to over deliver
When the Saskatchewan government tabled its budget, it chose to follow the principles that students in first-year accounting are taught. That is to …
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