Economic Indicators

Rate hikes, mortgage rules lead to home sales decline: CREA

Average home price rose by 2.3%, when compared with last year

By Aleksandra Sagan, The Canadian Press |February 15, 2018

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Why U.S. corporate earnings could boom in 2018

Three factors that are driving U.S. corporate earnings trends

By Jessica Bruno |February 15, 2018

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Vancouver drives house price index in January: National Bank

Canadian house prices rose 0.3% in January, finds the Teranet–National Bank House Price Index. But the gain wasn’t broad-based: only four of the 11 constituent cities recorded increases in the month. Read: Explain new lease agreements to residential landlords in Ontario The main contributor was Vancouver (+1.2%), followed byVictoria (+1.0%), Toronto (+0.2%) and Montreal (+0.1%). […]

By Staff |February 14, 2018

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CPI increases in U.S., fuelling inflation fears

U.S. consumer prices, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, rose 0.3% last month. That was the biggest climb in a year and is likely to fan inflation fears in financial markets. The Labor Department says overall consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, the most in four months. Inflation rose 2.1% from a year earlier, […]

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |February 14, 2018

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