If interest rates exceed economic growth rates, debt becomes unstable.
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July 25, 2022
3:49PM
This year's federal per-person debt level is more than 25 per cent higher than in 2019.
July 11, 2022
11:50AM
Gasoline prices were rising before Russia invaded Ukraine.
July 7, 2022
11:00AM
The territory ranked among the world's top 10 most-attractive mining jurisdictions.
July 5, 2022
8:28AM
Alberta’s fiscal improvement is good news, but without significant policy changes, it will only last so long as commodity prices stay high.
July 5, 2022
4:00AM
At the provincial level, an aging population is putting upward pressure on health-care spending.
July 1, 2022
6:00AM
The federal and provincial governments will run combined deficits of $86 billion in 2022.
June 29, 2022
10:28AM
The average Nova Scotia family will pay more than 44 per cent of their income on taxes this year.
June 15, 2022
1:32PM
So-called "stimulus spending" displaces future private spending and reduces future economic growth.
June 14, 2022
4:02PM
Persistent labour shortages are helping drive up costs.
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