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The economy expanded by 0.4% in August, missing estimates, and looked set to show no growth in September, when supply chain issues crimped auto exports and retail sales declined, Statistics Canada ...
The economy of Canada is a highly developed mixed economy, [33] [34] [35] with the world's ninth-largest economy as of 2024, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$2.117 trillion. [6] Canada is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. [36] In 2021, Canadian trade in goods and services reached $2.016 trillion ...
Experts also warn that stiff U.S. tariffs would likely push the Canadian economy into a recession in 2025, causing a spike in inflation and forcing the Bank of Canada to pause interest rate cuts ...
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In early December 2008, the Bank of Canada, in announcing that it was lowering its central bank interest rate to the lowest level since 1958, also declared that Canada's economy was entering in recession. [9] The Bank of Canada has since announced that it has two consecutive months of GDP decline (Oct -0.1% & Nov -0.7%).
The COVID-19 pandemic had a deep impact on the Canadian economy, leading it into a recession. The government's social distancing rules had the effect of limiting economic activity in the country. Companies started mass layoffs of workers, and Canada's unemployment rate was 13.5 percent in May 2020, the highest it has been since 1976. [1]
Surging oil and wheat prices are allowing commodities exporter Canada to weather an economic storm threatening to tip many of its fellow G7 rich nations into recession. Russia's invasion of ...
From 2003 to 2018, Canada saw an increase in home and property prices of up to 337% in some cities. [2] In 2016, the OECD warned that Canada's financial stability was at risk due to elevated housing prices, investment and household debt. [3] By 2018, home-owning costs were above 1990 levels when Canada saw its last housing bubble burst. [4]