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Weekly Update for the week ending April 7, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian economic stats, oil production cutbacks, American jobs cooling, but first …. Last Thursday, Statistics Canada reported the Canadian economy remains strong, adding 34,700 jobs in March, higher than the 12,000 jobs analysts predicted. Employment has been trending upward since September, with March being the seventh […]

Weekly Update for the week ending March 10, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian interest rate pauses, Canadian trade surplus, Canadian economy grows, US interest rate concerns, US jobs, US bank fails … January’s inflation rate was 5.9%, down from December’s 6.3%, and the economy was flat during the fourth quarter (October 1 through December 31). Given this environment, […]

Weekly Update for the week ending February 3, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. US interest rates, European interest rates, Huge job growth int the US, Slowing Canadian GDP, Big tech earnings’ misses … As expected, in a unanimous decision by members of the US Federal Reserve System’s (Fed) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), they increased the US benchmark interest […]