News by subject: ECONOMIC NEWS/TRENDS/ANALYSIS

In November, the GTA new home market saw trends from recent months continue, the Building Industry and Land Development Association announced today.   It was another strong month for sales of new single-family homes, including detached, linked,...

New Frontier Data, the most trusted authority in cannabis data, analytics and business intelligence worldwide, released a new report, Cannabis in America for 2021 & Beyond: A New Normal in Consumption and Demand, a special update to the U.S. Cannabis...

TransUnion today released new findings around online retail trends during the start of the 2020 global holiday shopping season. The research shows a 435.2% increase in suspected online retail fraud1...

CarGurus , a leading global online automotive marketplace, today released its "CarGurus COVID-19 Sentiment Study: How the Pandemic Impacted Automotive Sentiment in 2020" that examines how auto shoppers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Canada's unions will be responding to the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, scheduled for today. Canada's unions have been calling for targeted federal investments to help workers and their families get through the pandemic and to...

Canada's unions will be responding to the federal government's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, scheduled for Monday, November 30. Canada's unions have been calling for targeted federal investments to help workers and their families get through the...

New home sales in the GTA kept up a steady pace in October, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today.   Total October new home sales of 4,254 units were about even with the 10-year average, though down 10 per...

COVID-19 lockdowns have disrupted what was once considered ?normal,' challenging Canadians to adjust their daily lives, rethink travel, and reconsider how to make a positive environmental difference. To determine Canadians' electric intrigue, Kia...

FEI Canada is thrilled to announce the launch of their upcoming Virtual Interchange Conference ? "Leading with Resilience." FEI Canada's 2021 Leading with Resilience Virtual Interchange will provide a dynamic program of content and networking to...

The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today announced investment fund net sales and net assets for October 2020. Mutual fund assets totalled $1.64 trillion at the end of October 2020. Assets decreased by $24.1 billion or 1.4%...

In its latest Provincial Economic Outlook, The Conference Board of Canada forecasts that localized closures and a retrenchment in household spending and business activity will hold back the pace of economic recovery into mid-2021. For most Canadian...

Contrary to a growing number of real estate market predictions, a new report by The Real Estate Investment Network suggests housing markets are falling deeper into slump despite increasing property prices. According to The Real Estate Investment...

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations will welcome Canada and India's top diplomats on Tuesday to discuss the growing strategic partnership between Canada and India in the era...

According to a new research study released by SYSPRO, a leading global provider of ERP software, business leaders within global manufacturing and distribution sectors have shown urgency in embracing digital transformation to overcome the disruption...

According to the BC Check-Up: Work, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on employment trends across the province, B.C.'s unemployment rate was 10.7 per cent in August 2020.  "In a matter of...

According to the BC Check-Up: Work, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on employment trends across the province, the COVID-19 pandemic fallout pushed Greater Victoria's unemployment rate to 10.6 per...

Applied Systems today announced Applied Commercial Indextm, the Canadian insurance industry's commercial lines premium rate index. Released on a quarterly basis, Applied Rating Index measures average premium rates for the most placed commercial lines...

A new national survey by Credit Canada reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic has left many Canadians with their head in the sand when it comes to their future financial prospects ? especially when government support and payment deferrals fully come to...

New Frontier Data, the authority in data, analytics and business intelligence on the worldwide cannabis industry, releases its 2020 U.S. Election Special Report: Shifting Cannabis Sentiment & Consumption in partnership with global law firm Dentons...

September was another busy month for the GTA new home market, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today.   Sales of new single-family homes, including detached, linked, and semi-detached houses and townhouses...

New Frontier Data, the most trusted authority in cannabis data, analytics and business intelligence worldwide, releases its latest study, The U.S. Cannabis Report: 2020-2021 Industry Outlook, presented in partnership with NXTecK, the only big...

Ottawa, October 20, 2020 ? The Covid-19 pandemic has led Canadian businesses to source more inputs from domestic suppliers, a shift that could permanently change how supply chains are managed in this country, new research from The Conference Board of...

Applied Systems® today announced the third quarter of 2020 results of the Applied Rating Indextm, the Canadian insurance industry's premium rate index. In Q3 2020, average premiums for both Personal Auto and Personal Property lines increased versus...

A policy brief released today by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the University of Toronto that examines race and gender of executives and directors in the Canadian cannabis industry found that Black and Indigenous people, and women, are...

Local governments across Canada have increased spending significantly in recent years?even before the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank....

In its latest Canadian Outlook, The Conference Board of Canada forecasts that the pace of economic recovery from COVID-19 will flatten, if not stall, between now and mid-2021. While Canada's economy has bounced back in recent months following the...

The GTA new home market saw an unusually busy August, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today.   A total of 4,539 new homes was sold in August, up 217 per cent from August 2019 and 119 per cent above the...

Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 8pm ET, TVO presents the broadcast and online premiere of the TVO Original series Striking Balance, Season 2, a day ahead of the United Nations' ?World Habitat Day'. All nine episodes will be broadcast weekly and made...

Ottawa, September 24, 2020?The Conference Board of Canada's Chief Economist Pedro Antunes offers the following economic insights on yesterday's Speech from the Throne: "In a sparsely attended ceremony, Governor General Julie Payette delivered a...

The federal government will not balance its budget over the next 30 years as a result of Canada's aging population and Ottawa's historically high spending, which existed before the COVID-19 pandemic and may be increased further in the Throne Speech,...

A new report prepared for the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) bolsters the case for adoption of a harmonized and digitized e-permitting system that would help municipalities speed-up the approval processes for new housing builds...

If the federal government introduces a Guaranteed Annual Income program, it could cost taxpayers between $131.9 billion and $464.5 billion a year, concludes a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian...

The British Columbia Real Estate Association's (BCREA) latest Market Intelligence report, The Unusual World of Pandemic Economics, points to uneven job losses across sectors, an increase in many households' rate of savings, swift government aid, a...

Despite the economic impact of COVID-19, a strong recovery in the Canadian housing market and a slower paydown of existing mortgages helped push total consumer debt to 1.991 trillion dollars in the second quarter, according to Equifax Canada's most...

Trillion Energy International Inc. ("Trillion" or the "Company") is pleased to report the results of an independent petroleum resource evaluation, effective June 30, 2020 (the "Prospect Resource Report") prepared by GLJ Petroleum Consultants...

www.NotMadeInChina.Directory China is a manufacturing powerhouse and effectively the world's factory for much of what we buy and consume daily. Clothes, electronics, appliances, and home goods are the types of products we all purchase every day ?...

Marimaca Copper Corp. ("Marimaca Copper" or the "Company")  is pleased to announce the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Company's flagship Marimaca Copper Project ("Marimaca" or "the Project"), located in northern Chile....

Heavier regulatory burdens on technology startups are associated with a greater chance startups will fail?and those burdens can prevent prospective companies from starting in the first place, finds a new essay released today by the Fraser Institute,...

The GTA new home market began to see more activity in June, following two months of historically slow sales due to the pandemic, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today. Sales of new single-family homes,...

The Canadian Energy Centre (CEC) launched a new national campaign today to highlight the central role Canada's energy sector has in the country's economic recovery. Titled: ?When we work, Canada works,' the campaign features facts and multimedia...

While the financial picture for many Canadian households looked bleak last quarter, many have been kept afloat thanks to the current raft of pandemic-related support programs. After reaching a record low in early March, the MNP Consumer Debt Index...

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The Fraser Valley real estate market saw a resurgence in activity in June as the industry and consumers continue to successfully adapt to doing business during a pandemic. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) processed a total of 1,718 sales...

The current crises have magnified already-present challenges for Alberta's economy and people, such as sluggish growth, high unemployment, declining investment and a faded reputation as a dynamic place of innovation. A new report released today by...

A survey led by the Indigenous Business COVID-19 Response Taskforce has found an urgent need for additional liquidity financing and support services for Indigenous businesses. When asked how long their business could continue to operate if no further...

The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today released the report Saving for the Future: Impacts of Financial Advice on the Canadian Economy, produced by The Conference Board of Canada. The report evaluates the impact of receiving financial...

The GTA new home market saw another slow month in May, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today. With 866 new homes sold, it was the lowest May for total new home sales since Altus Group*, BILD's official source...

Canadian trade confidence tumbled by 19% to an all-time low, according to the biannual Trade Confidence Index published today from Export Development Canada (EDC). The economic shock from the lockdowns imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

According to a study released by Borrowell, 63 per cent of Canadians are feeling stressed about paying their bills this summer. With COVID-19 making this a challenging financial time, Borrowell ? one of Canada's largest financial technology companies...

With the risk of a second pandemic wave and the wait for a vaccine ongoing, Canada's economic trajectory hinges on the successful balance of opening the economy while withdrawing government support. OTTAWA, ON, June 22, 2020 (Globe Newswire) ? An...