David Parkinson

While a slowdown could still turn into a recession, it’s expected Bank of Canada rate cuts are coming, possibly as soon as spring

Labour Minister doesn’t buy the argument that a replacement-worker ban tips the scales in favour of unions

Summaries of the central bank’s internal discussions bring new lines of questioning, communication challenges for governors

The central bank said the release would be at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time going forward, to remove a conflict with the North American timing of foreign exchange option expiry

Unionized workers didn’t fully participate in the wage growth earlier in the recovery from the COVID-19 recession, but we may now be in the midst of a period of catch-up for the unions

The Liberals’ overdue commitments, which come with measurable numbers and time frames, show the government has gotten serious about its fiscal anchors

Ottawa is projecting a declining deficit and debt burden, but an economic slowdown or the cost of pharmacare could shatter those forecasts

Despite all the buzz around AI in the past year or so, most Canadian businesses are in no hurry to jump on board

Employment statistics show that Canada has roughly 100,000 fewer entrepreneurs than it did two decades ago

Dr. Tombe’s cool analysis of data and trends has made him a go-to source for economic reality checks amid Alberta’s frequently emotion-driven politics

Economists at Toronto-Dominion Bank estimated that the province’s gross domestic product will expand by a healthy 2.3 per cent this year

Some Canadians are egregiously misinformed, or willfully obtuse, about what’s happening in the economic world affecting their everyday lives

The wildfires have almost certainly dealt a blow to consumer appetites, especially in regions directly affected

Flow of goods, services across Ontario-Quebec boundary represents more than half of all trade among provinces

I’ve always known I was holding onto something special, but how much was my Wayne Gretzky rookie card worth?

Universities and colleges have aggressively pursued international students but haven’t spent any money to build new student residences

Hundreds of thousands of businesses are staring into the Dec. 31, 2023, deadline to repay loans under the federal Canadian Emergency Business Account program

It’s a matter of taking steps now, before it’s too late, to safeguard long-term fiscal sustainability

The executive chairman is steering the World Economic Forum not toward world domination, but irrelevance

The price pressures central bankers insisted were transitory are, indeed, in the predicted retreat