Economic Indicators

Potential winners of U.S. corporate tax cuts

A look at small caps versus large caps in the U.S.

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |February 27, 2017

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Will U.S. equity valuations keep climbing?

The one-year forward P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 17.7, reports Factset. That’s the greatest level since 2004. “The only time one-year multiples were higher in recent memory was during the tech craze of the late 1990s,” says Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, in an economics report. “And that didn’t end […]

By Staff |February 27, 2017

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Tax recommendations for this year’s budget

What stakeholders want from Ottawa.

By Staff |February 24, 2017

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Canadian inflation fuelled by gas prices

A surge in gasoline prices helped push Canada's annual inflation rate well beyond expectations in January to 2.1%.

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 24, 2017

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