Economy

Investors could be disappointed by equities in 2018: report

Find out what could negatively affect corporate profits

By Staff |December 19, 2017

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Non-resident condo ownership remains low: CMHC

Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Halifax, Victoria and Gatineau have non-resident ownership shares above 1% of the condominium apartment stock.

By Staff |December 19, 2017

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U.S. new home construction up 3.3%

Construction of new homes increased 3.3% in November, with the gain largely coming from single-family houses being built at the strongest pace in more than a decade. Read: Snapshot: U.S. economic data The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders broke ground on homes last month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.3 million units. […]

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |December 19, 2017

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Expect growth until late 2020: Desjardins

The economic cycle is long in the tooth, but growth in Canada and the U.S. should remain strong until 2020, forecasts Desjardins in an outlook report. The bank forecasts strong growth in 2018 and 2019, but, thereafter, “there will be greater risk of an economic slowdown as the current cycle matures.” The result: monetary tightening […]

By Staff |December 18, 2017

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