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Factors impacting consumer behavior with a focus on prices employment income.
The high cost of living continues to be a top-of-the-page news item. Politicians include fighting inflation as a prominent plank… READ MORE
As documented earlier the global socio-economy has experienced historic growth since the first half of the nineteenth century. Higher per… READ MORE
The Canadian housing market is in a permanent state of disequilibrium. Since the First World War it was thrown out… READ MORE
Headlines are linking interest rates, inflation and labour market as factors directly impacting short-term economic forecasts. Very simply, interest rates… READ MORE
The Great Moderation (GM) of the late 20th century faded into the economic turbulence of the 21st century with a… READ MORE
This post focuses on the cost of shelter and its financial burden on households grouped by income. Statistics Canada conducts… READ MORE
This post focuses on the cost of a new house not the cost of housing. A new house is an… READ MORE
Inflation and the high cost of groceries has become a headline topic. The American Federal Trade Commission issued a report… READ MORE
The unemployment rate is a popular measure of well-being of the economy. It is a measure of the number of… READ MORE
High food prices and its effect on food security and global political stability is once again having its impact in… READ MORE
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.
A retired economist just stumbling and bumbling along to the end of the road.
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