Economy

Feds post $300M surplus in first 9 months of fiscal year

Taxes and EI premiums help boost revenue 8.7% for the period

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 22, 2019

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Retail sales edge down 0.1% in December

The drop isn't as big as expected but doesn't lend support for a rate hike from the central bank

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 22, 2019

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Upward path for interest rates ‘highly uncertain’: Bank of Canada governor

For now, the central bank's key rate is low enough to deliver stimulative effects to the economy, he says

By The Canadian Press |February 21, 2019

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Federal Liberal government to introduce pre-election budget on March 19

Morneau made the announcement today in the House of Commons

By The Canadian Press |February 20, 2019

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