Consumer Price Index at 3.4% for July All I can say is “Uh Oh”, with the CPI numbers for July being released by Stats Canada. July saw the highest 12-month increase since March 2003. A climb… Read More »Consumer Price Index For July 2008 Rises Again
Gas price hikes and inflation: find out how changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are affecting fiscal policy and the economy. This is what was happening in 2008.
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Gas Prices and Inflation With gas prices dropping back to only ludicrously expensive level, what is this going to mean for the Consumer Price Index? The spike jumping from 90 cents a litre to $1.35… Read More »Dropping Gas Prices?
Yes, Stats Canada asks the interesting question, “Is it possible to have the rate of folks employed stay the same, but the rate of unemployed folks increase?”, the answer this month is “Yes”. How? Read… Read More »Employment the Same but Unemployment Up?
The Royal Bank published a report effectively saying, “Relax, it’s only a bump in the economy“, with a forecast that things economically will not be as bad as first predicted. The full economic report by… Read More »Economic Optimism
