Even the prospect of small deficits relative to GDP may generate substantial investor uncertainty in an environment where interest rates are on the way up.
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January 4, 2016
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December 24, 2015
3:00AM
Thank you for your interest in our blog in 2015. We’re taking a break for the holidays and will resume posting on Jan. 4.
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December 23, 2015
3:00AM
In order to give a good gift you have to understand, as economists do, that value is subjective.
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December 22, 2015
10:44AM
Research shows that increasing financial transparency contributes to improved governance and reduced corruption.
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December 22, 2015
3:00AM
The average U.S. charitable donation in 2013 was US$5,342—almost three-and-a-half times the average Canadian donation of C$1,574.
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December 21, 2015
10:39AM
Canada's federal government alone spends more than $10 billion annually on aboriginal issues.
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December 21, 2015
9:45AM
The Canadian retirement income system already provides Canadians with an adequate standard of living in retirement.
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December 21, 2015
3:00AM
Between 2001 and 2008, Ontario provincial government spending grew at an average of five per cent annually while revenues only grew four per cent.
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December 18, 2015
4:02PM
Today, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the Alberta government’s credit rating in part due to “concerns of weak budgetary performances and rising debt burden.”
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December 18, 2015
10:31AM
Name something our governments aren’t already doing. Now name something our governments are doing spectacularly well.
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