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Governments betting on low interest rates may experience rude awakening
By Livio Di Matteo | January 20, 2021
Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it
By Livio Di Matteo | January 8, 2021
Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it
By Livio Di Matteo | January 8, 2021
Federal finances ‘careening downhill’ fast
By Livio Di Matteo | December 7, 2020
Canada’s fiscal situation near crisis levels
By Livio Di Matteo | November 23, 2020
COVID-related spending increases threaten future economic growth
By Livio Di Matteo | November 5, 2020
Ontario stuck in vicious cycle of deficits and debt accumulation
By Livio Di Matteo | November 3, 2020
Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Part 1 Essays
By Jack Mintz, Livio Di Matteo | October 22, 2020
Government wages and employee numbers drive municipal spending across Canada
By Livio Di Matteo | October 8, 2020
Spend first, ask questions later—not sustainable fiscal policy
By Livio Di Matteo | October 6, 2020
Local Leviathans: The Rise of Municipal Government Spending in Canada, 1990–2018
By Livio Di Matteo | October 1, 2020
Freeland takes over during massive federal spending spree
By Livio Di Matteo | August 19, 2020
COVID underscores problems with government intervention
By Livio Di Matteo | August 5, 2020
Trudeau government should provide fiscal update—now
By Livio Di Matteo | June 12, 2020
Federal debt may eclipse $1 trillion for first time in Canadian history
By Livio Di Matteo | May 20, 2020
Canada must tailor trade practises for post-COVID world
By Livio Di Matteo | May 12, 2020
Taxpayers likely to feel city hall’s COVID cash crunch
By Livio Di Matteo | April 29, 2020
Pandemics, social upheaval and government spending
By Livio Di Matteo | April 9, 2020
If history is any guide, COVID-19 will transform Canada in heretofore unknown ways
By Livio Di Matteo | March 24, 2020
China sees trade as tool of state policy, diplomatic weapon
By Livio Di Matteo | March 9, 2020
Coronavirus shockwaves felt around the world economy
By Livio Di Matteo | March 3, 2020
Government policies hurting—not helping—on several fronts
By Livio Di Matteo | February 18, 2020
Ottawa has a big spending problem
By Livio Di Matteo | December 19, 2019
Tax gap growing between Canada and the U.S.
By Livio Di Matteo | December 9, 2019
Simply balancing Ontario’s budget won’t stop debt surge
By Livio Di Matteo | November 8, 2019
Ford government should more forcefully target deficit, housing costs
By Livio Di Matteo | November 1, 2019
Canada needs more major trading partners beyond China and the U.S.
By Livio Di Matteo | October 7, 2019
The new normal—continued economic growth, not secular stagnation
By Livio Di Matteo | September 30, 2019
Ontario employment gains—an uneven picture
By Livio Di Matteo | September 19, 2019
Renters remain the big losers in ‘rent control’ cities
By Livio Di Matteo | September 4, 2019
Candidates in Manitoba promise more spending—which is already the problem
By Livio Di Matteo | August 26, 2019
Ottawa’s net debt projected to hit $859 billion by 2023-24
By Livio Di Matteo | August 8, 2019
Don’t believe doomsday predictions about a ‘tech-driven’ employment apocalypse
By Livio Di Matteo | July 11, 2019
Proposed police transition in B.C.’s second-largest city—weighing the costs and benefits
By Livio Di Matteo | June 20, 2019
19th century thinking drives China’s trade and economic policy
By Livio Di Matteo | May 30, 2019
Ford government counting on revenue growth to outpace spending
By Livio Di Matteo | May 2, 2019
Ontario unemployment numbers—the devil’s in the details
By Livio Di Matteo | April 24, 2019
Ontario government must freeze nominal spending to close fiscal gap
By Livio Di Matteo | April 5, 2019
Spending, not lack of revenue, driving Ottawa’s red ink
By Livio Di Matteo | March 6, 2019
Wartime presidents added most to U.S. federal debt-to-GDP ratio
By Livio Di Matteo | February 27, 2019
U.S. outperforming Canada where it matters most—capital formation
By Livio Di Matteo | February 7, 2019
The realities of central banking
By Livio Di Matteo | January 28, 2019
How interest rates affect labour participation among Canadian workers young and old
By Livio Di Matteo | January 10, 2019
Government spending varies widely across major Ontario municipalities
By Livio Di Matteo | December 12, 2018
Warning: the Chinese economy may soon run out of steam
By Livio Di Matteo | December 5, 2018
Successive Ontario governments increased net debt from $139 billion to $338 billion
By Livio Di Matteo | November 15, 2018
The Trudeau and Ford governments—two fiscal statements, one debt problem
By Livio Di Matteo | November 14, 2018
Government debt—a snapshot of each province
By Livio Di Matteo | October 29, 2018
Government debt and the next recession
By Livio Di Matteo | October 25, 2018
New trade deal increases American sway over Canada
By Livio Di Matteo | October 15, 2018