Author: CHPTA

Investment is the sleeper issue that will determine whether the economy emerges from the COVID-19 crisis with purpose in 2021, or merely muddles along as it did in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The Bank of Canada has...

Forecasting is a tough business at the best of times, but 2020 was particularly difficult as all estimates were made redundant as early as the first quarter. However, research house Capital Economics has ventured to offer some...

Consumers in Canada enter the year riding a wave of optimism that the worst is over. The nation’s households reported a surge in confidence in the final weeks of 2020 that has brought sentiment back to pre-pandemic levels for...

Chief economists from Canada’s big banks expect the economy to rebound this year, but say failing to control COVID-19 or get vaccines into arms could upend that recovery. Speaking at an annual breakfast hosted virtually by the...

December Sales for Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary Major Housing Markets Cap a Hectic Year With Growth in December Housing markets in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal jumped in December, capping a hectic year that saw sales...