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Bank of Canada surveys suggest business and consumer inflation expectations up
Central bank says businesses’ expectations for near-term inflation have increased, and firms expect inflation to be high for longer than they did in the previous
Inflation skyrockets to highest level in nearly 40 years as gas prices soar
The agency said its consumer price index in May rose 7.7 per cent compared with a year ago, its largest increase since January 1983 when
Canadian employers willing to hire workers without direct experience, survey says
The research released today indicates that experience and education – once crucial to many positions – are becoming less important amid labour shortages.
Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate drops to 4.3% in May
Region’s red-hot economic growth continues as Ottawa-Gatineau employers added nearly 10,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, Statistics Canada says.
Bank of Canada on track for rate hike after GDP growth slows: Economists
Statistics Canada said Tuesday real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter, helped by business investment
Bank of Canada expected to jack up interest rates as inflation persists
“Canadian inflation is running more than three times faster than target,” Desjardins’ head of macro strategy, Royce Mendes, wrote in a note to clients Monday.
Job vacancies hit record high of more than 1 million in March: StatCan
StatsCan said employers were seeking to fill more than one million positions at the beginning of March, up 22.6 per cent from February and 60.5
Experts see parallels between 1970s inflation crisis and today
Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said it’s highly unlikely Canadians are in for a double-digit, ’80s-style interest rate shock any time soon.
UPDATED: Inflation sets fresh three-decade high at 6.8% in April with little sign of cooling
The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to push the annual inflation rate up in April.
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