Weak economy looms over holiday shopping season as consumers seek value: retailers
Among the usual trappings are new factors that could shake up holiday shopping, the busiest season of the year: inflation, and the high interest rates
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Region’s unemployment rate falls to 4.6% in November as labour force shrinks
Canada’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 per cent last month, as high interest rates weigh on job creation at a time when the country’s
Canadian economy shrank 1.1 per cent in Q3 on annualized basis, StatCan says
The Canadian economy shrank in the third quarter amid weak business and consumer spending as well as lower exports.
Labour shortages cost small businesses $38 billion in lost sales last year: CFIB
Small businesses lost more than $38 billion in revenue opportunities last year because of labour shortages, according to estimates from the Canadian Federation of Independent
Google to pay $100M a year to Canadian news publishers in deal with feds
The federal Liberal government has reached a deal with Google over the Online News Act, following threats from the digital giant that it would remove
Porter, Air Transat launch joint venture to gird against domestic competition
Porter Airlines and Air Transat have announced a joint venture as the two carriers look to expand their range of destinations and tap into each
Business groups point to missing items in feds’ fall economic statement, including CEBA deadline
CFIB said it is “deeply disappointed” the feds fall economic statement didn’t include measures to help small businesses, like extending the CEBA loan deadline.
Federal government’s new fiscal guardrails ‘helpful’ for monetary policy: Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warns fighting inflation half-heartedly and living with its consequences would be a huge mistake.
Freeland’s fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented her fiscal update in the House of Commons on Tuesday, stressing the pressure inflation and a slowing economy are putting
Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in October
The inflation rate slowed to 3.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis, down from 3.8 per cent in September, as the price of gasoline fell,
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