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The Smile Curve
A prior post noted that the global socio-economy is experiencing an unprecedented era of accelerated economic growth and enhanced quality… READ MORE
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Inflation Again
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) is a simple measure of the direction of price changes: increasing… READ MORE
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Rise of the Dismal Science
The world has reached and sustained a level of income and a quality of life unimaginable to anyone before the… READ MORE
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The Price of Labour – Labour Compensation
Headlines are linking interest rates, inflation and labour market as factors directly impacting short-term economic forecasts. Very simply, interest rates… READ MORE
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Economic Recovery from the Covid-19 Pandemic
A casual look at Figure 1, Canadian GDP performance since 1997 suggests In both cases the economy returned to its… READ MORE
wisdom for this month
James Graham on the lingering and as yet unresolved effect of the 2008 global Financial Crisis (Reuters digital July 17, 2025)
…We’d been promised that this was the end of history and that everything was inevitably going to be a linear advancement towards progress and improvement. … I had no idea the longer, bigger crises and anger that was going to be coming down the line.
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