In addition to the statement announcing the rate decision the central bank also announced today that it will cut back certain extraordinary public market operations it put in place at the height of the global financial panic. Read More

Though bilateral trade between Canada and China is only in its early stages of growth, the Great White North is already benefitting from the Middle Kingdom’s appetites. Read More

The debate over the US health care system will soon be over. Taking its place will be, among other issues, the matter of the so-called Bush Tax Cuts and their expiration. And good news emerges from the process of amending the US-Canada Tax Treaty. Read More

Three more How They Rate entries announced distribution cuts last month, but not all slices are equal. One was expected, another wasn't really a "cut" at all, and the last was actually an upside surprise. Read More

What we’ve learned is that an effective regulatory structure on top of deposit-focused banking, the good fortune of abundant resources, and a decade of balanced federal books puts a country in good position to outperform during this unfolding recovery. Read More

Two thousand ten is shaping up to be a big year for Canada. Three global events will take place in the Great White North in the first half of the year, each significant in its own right. Viewed together they highlight Canada’s potential on the world stage. Read More

Statistics Canada reported last week that the country’s index of leading economic indicators rose 1.3 percent in November, almost two times as fast as analysts anticipated. Nine of the index’s 10 components rose and one was unchanged, the broadest increase in more than two years. Read More

Rising exports to the US accounted for three-quarters of the increase despite the relative strength of the loonie versus the greenback. Read More

The Bank of Canada maintained its conditional commitment to keep its benchmark interest rate steady through the first half of 2010. Read More