Macroeconomic structure of the economy.
Statistics Canada uses a classification system to describe Canadian economies: the national economy and the economies of the ten provinces… READ MORE
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Statistics Canada is tracking and publishing value of retail e-commerce in Canada as a component of its monthly estimate of… READ MORE
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Capital expenditures are direct investments to maintain and enhance the capacity of the Canadian economy. The covid-19 economic shutdown exposed… READ MORE
The data supporting these comments are drawn from Statistics Canada which publishes monthly details for employees in Canada. The data… 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.