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Some Gen Z and millennial Canadians are choosing a child-free life, according to a recent report by Statistics Canada. New data shows that more than a third of people aged 15 to 49 don’t intend to have children. For over a decade, the number of children per woman in Canada …
Read More »Canadian banks set to report Q1 earnings as slowdown expected ahead – National
Canadian bank stocks have been riding a wave of investor optimism so far this year, but analysts say the first-quarter results that start arriving later this week will be a reminder of the mixed economic picture ahead. On the positive side are the signs of easing inflation and job reports …
Read More »Statistics Canada set to release January inflation rate as fuel prices soared – National
Statistics Canada is set to release its reading on inflation for January Tuesday morning. The federal agency’s consumer price index report will give insight on how high prices were in January compared with a year ago, as well as the month prior. Canada’s annual inflation rate has been slowing since …
Read More »Canadians think tipping is ‘getting out of control,’ new poll suggest – National
Canadians are hitting their limit when it comes to tipping, new polling from the Angus Reid Institute appears to show. “People feel like tipping is getting out of control,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told The Roy Green Show on Sunday. “I think that it’s compounded by the …
Read More »Bank of Canada set to release summary explaining latest interest rate hike – National
The Bank of Canada will release a summary of its deliberations on the latest interest rate hike later Wednesday, the first time the central bank is giving Canadians a peek behind the curtain into its decision-making process. The bank last year announced it would start publishing these summaries about two …
Read More »Freeland to meet provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 3, 2023 6:17 am Updated February 3, 2023 6:19 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting an in-person meeting Friday with the provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto. The meeting …
Read More »Urban vs. rural: Food prices go up everywhere, but it’s way worse in some areas
As Canadians continue to feel the pressure of inflation, groceries are one area many are hoping prices will ease soon. Global News went to the grocery store to see how rising prices are impacting families trying to make ends meet, as part of its ongoing Out of Pocket series. The prices …
Read More »Manitoba premier to announce cost-of-living aid Thursday morning – Winnipeg
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson will announce the province’s latest efforts to combat inflation Thursday morning. The premier is set to make an affordability announcement at 10:30 a.m. from the Silver Heights Food Fare store on Portage Avenue. The announcement is expected to be a second round of financial aid for …
Read More »Mother of 2 living in downtown Toronto on rising inflation: ‘I’m struggling a lot’
Over the next six weeks, as part of the ‘Out of Pocket’ series, Global News will examine how inflation is impacting Canadians from coast to coast. A Toronto mother says she left everything when she decided to move back to Canada from China with her two children. The family had …
Read More »Will prices eventually fall in Canada? Why experts say deflation is unlikely – National
What goes up doesn’t necessarily come down. That’s contrary to the sentiment of a surprisingly large proportion of respondents to the Bank of Canada’s quarterly consumer expectations survey, released last week. According to the survey, more than a quarter of Canadians believe that current decades-high prices will drop five years …
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