Interest rate hikes possible if inflation and high energy prices become persistent, Tiff Macklem tells MPs

The Bank of Canada will have no choice but to raise interest rates if high energy prices and inflation become persistent, central bank governor Tiff Macklem told MPs on the…

Canada swings to trade surplus for first time in six months

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Posthaste: Trump’s tariff tweak just ripped a new swathe through Canada’s manufacturing heartland

It was just supposed to simplify administration. Instead Donald Trump’s tweak to metal tariffs last month has extended the reach…

Posthaste: Are markets right about Bank of Canada rate hikes? Maybe not

Bank of Canada watchers expected a firmer stand on inflation from the central bank after oil prices surged to US$100…

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Graphic: Track U.S. and state gas prices

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Dunkin’ Donuts to open hundreds of locations across Canada

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Posthaste: Why Canada’s job market might not be as bad as it looks

Canada’s labour market is off to the worst start since the Great Recession in 2009, (not counting the pandemic) – shedding 112,000 jobs in the…

This TSX stock is up 43% in April and price target hikes are rolling in as analyst calls out ‘unwarranted’ discount to peers

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Posthaste: This condo correction could be one of the longest on record

Back in the late 1980s to mid 1990s, the condo market in the Greater Toronto Area underwent a crash so severe that it took seven…

Student loan repayment obligations may catch some by surprise

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