Written by Returns in Canada’s bond market exceeded the rest of the world in 2010, gaining the most in five years, and may outperform again this year amid record foreign purchases of the nation’s fixed-income securities. READ MORE »
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US industrial output stutters amid winter storms
US industrial production inched up 0.1 percent in February, grinding to a near-halt amid severe snow storms that crippled large parts of the East Coast, Federal Reserve data showed Monday. READ MORE »
Recessions and Recoveries Are Not All the Same
In the old days — before 1990 — American recessions tended to be fairly sharp. But the recoveries, when they came, were also rapid. Laid-off workers were recalled and consumers who had deferred purchases out of fear they might lose their jobs were willing again to buy cars and homes. READ MORE »
U.S. recovery slowdown a ‘concern’: Carney
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Friday the slowdown in the U.S. recovery is of “some concern” to the central bank and whatever unfolds will have a “significant” impact on this country’s economy. READ MORE »
Eurozone economic sentiment falls in February
Economic sentiment in the 16 countries that use the euro worsened in February for the first time in nearly a year, the European Commission said Thursday, in a further sign that the recovery from recession has lost momentum. READ MORE »