Canadian Economic News, March 2025

Bonds are usually a safe haven that investors would reach for in times of unease. But early today, investors were selling them, not buying.

Bonds are usually a safe haven that investors would reach for in times of unease. But investors have been selling them, not buying.

Bonds are usually a safe haven that investors would reach for in times of unease. But they're not right now, and yields are spiking.

U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Wednesday after China announced more levies on U.S. goods, striking back against President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs that took effect earlier.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq are all up after Trump pressed pause on reciprocal tariffs announced last week, while hitting China with a 125% levy.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all mixed to start the day, after China announced more levies on U.S. goods to strike back against President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs that took effect earlier.

The escalating trade war between the U.S. and nearly every single one of its major trading partners has sparked a flurry of predictions and concerns that a global recession could be around the corner.

Today, Statistics Canada is publishing an update of the Municipal Financial Data Dashboard by adding eight cities, including Laval, Gatineau, Longueuil, Sherbrooke, Lévis, Saguenay, Terrebonne and Trois-Rivières.

Wall Street posted boomeranging numbers on Tuesday, rising and then falling again as hope for tariffs being postponed faded. A broad slate of tariffs imposed by the U.S. are set to go into effect at midnight tonight.

Some relief was flowing through global financial markets on Tuesday, with stocks rising to recover some of their historic losses after U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically raised the stakes in his trade war last week.

Wall Street saw a sharp rise to start the day following a calmer day in Asian and European markets. But as China vowed to "fight to the end" against additional U.S. tariffs imposed on Beijing, instability isn't in the rear-view mirror yet.

Wall Street saw a sharp rise to start the day following a calmer Tuesday in Asian and European markets. But as China vowed to "fight to the end" against additional U.S. tariffs imposed on Beijing, instability isn't in the rear-view mirror yet.

World markets won a reprieve on Tuesday after three days of heavy selling that wiped trillions of dollars off the value of shares, as China vowed to "fight to the end" against additional U.S. tariffs imposed on Beijing.

As stock markets sank for the third day Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs last week, no one is coming out unscathed — but some sectors are seeing more volatility than others.

Canadian fashion brands are grappling with the impact of Washington's steep new tariffs on garment-making hubs like China, India and Vietnam.

Central bank's outlook survey shows 32% of firms now planning with the assumption that a recession will happen in Canada in the next year, while job loss fears were dominant for consumers.

Multifactor productivity (MFP), measured as output per unit of combined labour and capital inputs, declined by 1.7% in the Canadian business sector in 2023, following a 0.6% increase in 2022. The decrease in MFP in 2023 reflected a 1.2% gain in gross domestic product (GDP) relative to a 3.0% increase in the combined inputs of capital and labour.

Wall Street followed the global stock markets on a downward trajectory Monday, fuelled by fears that U.S. tariffs would lead to a global economic slowdown. European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, and the leading U.S. index flirted with bear market territory before opening.

Wall Street followed the global stock markets on a downward trajectory Monday, after a brief mid-morning rise. European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, and the leading U.S. index flirted with bear market territory.

Wall Street followed the global stock markets on a downward trajectory Monday, after a brief mid-morning rise. European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, and the leading U.S. index flirted with bear market territory.

North American stick exchanges dipped on Monday as did global markets, making for a third straight day of instability.

Wall Street followed the global stock markets on a downward trajectory Monday, after a brief mid morning rise. European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, and the leading U.S. index flirted with bear market territory before opening.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign governments would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterized as "medicine," as financial markets indicated another week of steep losses could be in store.

Housing is about to get a lot more expensive in the next decade if the federal government’s immigration program bringing in skilled workers isn’t revamped. Many in the construction industry say there aren’t enough domestic workers going into jobs that don’t require an apprenticeship or certificate and the current system bringing in newcomers only covers highly skilled workers.

U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.

Thousands of businesses convened on Hanover Germany this week for one of the largest industrial technology fairs in the world at a time when many nations, including Canada, are trying to adapt to U.S. tariffs and protectionism.