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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate unexpectedly dropped by a tick to 1.9% in November, driven by a broad-based slowdown in prices, while the consumer price index was unchanged on a ...
Analysis by Oxford Economics estimated that 25% tariffs implemented across all sectors and predicted retaliatory tariffs would cause Canada's GDP to fall by 2.5% by early 2026, increase its inflation rate to 7.2% by mid-2025, and increase its unemployment rate to 7.9% by the end of 2025 due to an estimated 150,000 layoffs.
Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 per cent, the lowest level since record keeping began in 1976.
Inflation in New Zealand exceeded forecasts in July 2022, reaching 7.3%, which is the highest since 1990. [232] Economists at ANZ reportedly said they expected faster interest rate increases to counteract inflationary pressures. [233] In Fiji, inflation rose to 4.7% in April 2022 compared to –2.4% in 2021. [234]
The unemployment rate in Canada is at its lowest level since c.1978. [9] Over 600,000 full-time jobs have been created in Canada since early 2016. [9] The IMF's 2018 annual Article IV Mission to the United States reported that, "Unemployment is low, inflation is well contained, and growth is set to accelerate.
A woman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is arrested and charged with murder following a stabbing spree that killed three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton between Tuesday and Thursday. September 25, 2024 – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote by a vote of 211–119. September 24, 2024 –
The Congressional Budget Office said Friday it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve's 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to ...
Under the inflation-targeting monetary policy that has been the cornerstone of Canada's monetary and fiscal policy since the early 1990s, the Bank of Canada sets an inflation target [87] [89] The inflation target was set at 2 per cent, which is the midpoint of an inflation range of 1 to 3 per cent. They established a set of inflation-reduction ...