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Canadian and international business news relevant to local business leaders here in Ottawa. Includes stories related to inflation, interest rates, employment, major government announcements and more.

Landlords say Ruby Liu’s plan for Bay properties ‘defies commercial common sense’

Several of Canada's most prominent real estate companies are slamming an attempt from a B.C. billionaire to...

Canada’s economy contracts in May, but there were signs of a June rebound

The Canadian economy contracted again in May, Statistics Canada said Thursday, but signs of a rebound in June could see growth hold flat for the quarter overall.

Bank of Canada holds key rate at 2.75% as economy shows resilience to tariffs

Signs of resilience in the Canadian economy were enough for the Bank of Canada to leave its...

CFIB sees recession in Canada as business confidence remains ‘persistently low’

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is forecasting a recession in Canada this year. A new report from...

TD Bank joins its peers in moving to require four days in office

TD Bank Group says it is moving to require employees be in the office four days a week, adding to the number of banks doing so.

Business confidence subdued amid tariffs but ‘worst-case’ less likely: BoC survey

A pair of reports from the Bank of Canada say tariff-related uncertainty continued to put a damper on business and consumer sentiment in the second quarter, but the worst-case trade scenarios previously anticipated seem less likely.

Inflation rises to 1.9% in June as vehicle price hikes accelerate

The annual pace of inflation accelerated to 1.9 per cent in June as consumers were paying more...

Return-to-office productivity tough to measure as companies get stricter on office time, Carleton prof says

It’s not just students who will be commuting more this September. After years of experimentation with hybrid work,...

Amid a renewed return-to-office push, experts outline what your options are

As the number of in-office days is set to increase for many of Canada’s hybrid workers, return-to-office...

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate rises to 5.8% in May

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate jumped three-tenths of a percentage point in May as the local economy shed nearly...
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