The Bank of Canada Front-Loading Won’t Guarantee A Soft-Landing: RBC
RBC no longer sees a soft-landing as a possibility, and now expects a moderate recession will kick off as early as the end of this year.
RBC no longer sees a soft-landing as a possibility, and now expects a moderate recession will kick off as early as the end of this year.
Canadian households saw their net work drop by $1 trillion in Q2, the largest quarterly decline in history.
Canadian household debt is climbing much faster than income, and that’s going to limit their ability to respond in a crisis.
Top stories in Canadian real estate include a hard landing for the economy, and real estate’s unsustainable growth according to the BoC.
BMO is hiking its interest rate forecast for Canada and the US by 25 basis points, on news of strong data and stubborn inflation.
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 a “Big Six” bank warning Canada’s real estate correction is just getting started & big inflation revisions.