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Canada’s inflation rate, highest since 2003, interest rate hike?
Canada’s inflation rate is at its highest level since February 2003, it is the highest level ever since the Bank of Canada started targeting inflation in 1991. The problem that the BoC is facing is that it believes that rates will fall soon, once supply disruptions are alleviated, however this has become rather protracted and […]
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U.S. economic growth intact
This morning’s U.S. retail sales seems to be a combination of a couple of factors, one, consumers are spending more because they are buying more items, and two, they are spending more because the cost of the underlying item costs more itself, also perhaps another factor may be that consumers are spending more now than […]
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U.S. wholesale prices reached an eleven year high
In line with expectations and this does not help the Federal Reserve with its inflation targets. Demand is outpacing supply and the sooner supply disruptions are dealt with, the sooner inflation can stay in check. The PPI report is one of two key inflation readings this week. The Labor Department on Wednesday will release the […]
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Markets continue to move higher with no signs of a breather
Investors continue to buy equities, taking the passing of the new infrastructure bill as a further sign that the U.S. economy has room to grow. Additionally, China posted a record monthly trade surplus in October as exports surged despite global supply-chain disruptions. Global trade has been running at record levels this year as economies around […]
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U.S. employment data is good, Canada’s not so much
The U.S. October numbers were good, but not only that, the revised numbers were a lot greater than the original numbers reported. The U.S. job market snapped back in October, with nonfarm payrolls rising more than expected while the unemployment rate fell to 4.6%, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 531,000 for […]
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Markets waiting for today’s Fed announcement, no rate change, but what it has to say is the important piece
This morning the Federal Reserve will likely announce no rate hike, when it will start to taper its bond purchases, and start to give a different outlook of where the U.S. economy is going. While most economists believe that inflation, even at these high levels, is still a temporary event, a little longer than anticipated, […]
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