Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian CPI, landings, Canadian deficit, a bunch of US data … The Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped to 5.9% on a year over year basis but rose by 0.5% compared to December. Economists had anticipated 6.2% and 0.7%, respectively. The main driver of inflation was […]
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Weekly Update for the week ending February 17, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian inflation data, US inflation data, … Statistics Canada’s latest Canadian Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), prices that producers in Canada receive as goods leave the plant, reported an increase of 0.4% in January over December, while on a year over year basis, producer prices went […]
Weekly Update for the week ending February 10, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Central banks, Bank of Canada minutes, Canadian interest rate predictions, ignore the noise, Canadian jobs, Bing challenging Google? … If it seems like the Bank of Canada (BoC) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) are common topics in this section of the Weekly Updates, you would […]
Weekly Update for the week ending January 27, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian interest rate moves higher, Fed inline for a ‘soft landing,’ looking forward, big tech downsizing…. This past week, as widely anticipated, the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised the Canadian interest rate by 0.25%, bringing the benchmark rate to 4.5%. The BoC also said they are […]
Weekly Update for the week ending January 13, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. TINA meet TARA, Latest US CPI numbers, a golden triangle has appeared… A new acronym makes its way into the investing world, likely at the expense of another acronym. Following the financial crisis of 2008, central banks lowered the cost to borrow money (interest rates) to […]
Weekly Update for the week ending January 6, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. TFSAs, green is the new black, the yo-yo market moves…. One of the best things about New Year’s is the opportunity for a fresh slate. In 2022, every sector in the S&P declined, except the Energy sector, as the S&P suffered its worst year since the […]