Canadian Employment Fell As Young Adults Bear Most Job Losses While Seniors Gain
Canadian employment fell once again in July, falling for a third consecutive month. The unemployment rate also jumped, but remains low.
Canadian employment fell once again in July, falling for a third consecutive month. The unemployment rate also jumped, but remains low.
Canadian real estate was unsustainable and inflation is still rising, warned the Bank of Canada in a statement following rate hikes.
Oxford Economics now sees a moderate recession after the Bank of Canada now needs more aggressive rate hikes due to persistent inflation.
Canada’s M1+, a narrow measure of its money supply, is seeing growth fall at a rate that almost always precedes a recession.
This week’s top stories include two “Big Six” banks sharing a worsening outlook for Canadian real estate and Toronto prices plummeting.
Greater Toronto real estate prices continued to fall in August, with the cost of a typical home now back to October 2021-levels.
Canada’s economy was a little less dependent on real estate in the last quarter, but still nearly 30% more dependent than the US in 2006.
Canada’s second-largest bank is the latest to forecast declining real estate prices, but the good news is they don’t see a deep recession.
RBC quarterly filings reveal the bank is seeing its baseline expectations for Canadian real estate prices erode even further.
This week’s top stories include a “Big Six” bank warning Canada’s real estate correction is just getting started & big inflation revisions.