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Following 5 straight monthly declines, Canadian existing home sales rebounded in September. Canadian average home prices climbed a sturdy 1.2% month-on-month in September. Sondhi: Moving forward, average prices should display stronger growth than sales. For further details s...

September was another hot month for job creation, as net employment leapt by a jaw-dropping 157,100 positions and the unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percentage point to 6.9%. The bulk of the net job gains were in services, with solid gains across most industries. Goods employment advanc...

We noted in our quarterly letter that every brokerage house on the Street was bearish and telling its customers to expect stocks to move into a correction. We also reminded you that one of Reilly’s Rules is that when everyone expects something to happen something else usually does....

Canada has a housing problem that magnifies economic and social instability. A new UBS study confirms that housing bubbles accelerated over the past year as the pandemic ignited a global spending spree enabled by central bank and government stimuli. The Greater Toronto Area now ra...

The global recovery continues but momentum has weakened, hobbled by the pandemic. Compared to our July forecast, the global growth projection for 2021 has been revised down marginally to 5.9 percent and is unchanged for 2022 at 4.9 percent. The dangerous divergence in economic pro...

Much of the excess liquidity absorbed by RRPs arises from government spending not immediately offset by bond sales. Ensuring currency debasement globally is a compelling reason behind monetary cooperation between governments. The private sector’s growing economic woes furth...

Nearly 11 million U.S. jobs available, new report shows. ECB announces slowdown in monthly bond purchases. Is the global economic recovery still on track? For further details see: A Worker's Market: U.S. Job Openings Hit All-Time High

Canadian banks beat the Street, but are tougher roads ahead? Standouts in Canadian banks. Drivers of growth for Canadian banks. For further details see: Another Solid Quarter For Canadian Banks. But Are Bumpier Roads Ahead?

The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to keep the overnight rate at 0.25%. Orlando: Ingredients are there for economic activity to strengthen through the remainder of the year. Delta variant and supply chain disruptions could weaken growth in the fourth quarter. For further details...

To date, 2021 has been as almost good as it gets for equity investors. Any slowdown in growth has yet to feed into consensus earnings forecasts which have continued to increase over the summer. Investors have few high-yielding alternatives for as long as real and nominal bond yiel...