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The online store of TD Precious Metals has quietly become one of the largest purveyors of gold and silver items in Canada’s retail market, introducing custom-themed items that go beyond the traditional one-ounce branded bars most banks offer, Two aliens with emerald-green eyes stare out from the face of a gold coin on the website of Canada’s second-largest bank, the words “The invasion is here” stamped above their [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff For all the talk about the strength of the U.S. economy in the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, household finances are strained for many Americans [...]

Total credit-card debt climbed to a record high of US$1.17-trillion in the third quarter, just as other types of consumer debt rose higher, For all the talk about the strength of the U.S. economy in the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, household finances are strained for many Americans after years of inflation [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY, MARK RENDELL In January of 2018, Donald Trump fired the opening volley in the trade wars that defined his first presidency, and Martin Pochtaruk's solar company was [...]

Trump’s America-first trade agenda is cause for anxiety in corporate Canada, In January of 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/donald-trump/fired the opening volley in the trade wars that defined his first presidency, and Martin Pochtaruk’s solar company was one of the earliest Canadian casualties. That [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff In the eyes of president-elect Donald Trump, tariff is "the most beautiful word" in the dictionary. Countries that trade their goods and services with the United [...]

In recent months Canadian merchandise exports to the U.S. have climbed to around 77 per cent of total exports, a level not seen since 2006, In the eyes of president-elect Donald Trump, tariff is “the most beautiful word” in the dictionary. Countries that trade their goods and services with the United States are unlikely to [...]

Byline: MARK RENDELL, JASON KIRBY Canada's economy could face major headwinds from the second election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, with the threat of trade wars, tariffs and a [...]

The U.S. president-elect’s campaign promises pose a huge risk to Canada’s trade-dependent economy, which sends more than 70 per cent of its exports across the border, Canada’s economy could face major headwinds from the second election of https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/donald-trump/ as U.S. president, with the threat of trade wars, tariffs and a bruising renegotiation of North America’s free-trade [...]

Steep tariffs and new trade negotiations among the risks, Canada is bracing for a number of economic risks with the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Mr. Trump, who won Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, has promised to [...]

Canada has a lot at stake in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election – particularly in the event of a Donald Trump victory, which could upend global trade, Canada is facing a rocky four years. The results of Tuesday’s U.S. presidential https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/2024-united-states-presidential-election/ carry massive implications for the Canadian economy, which depends, in large part, on a healthy trade [...]

An increased prevalence in tipping that emerged during the pandemic, powered by the twin forces of guilt and technology, is proving hard to undo, With Canada’s inflation rate now back below 2 per cent, the Bank of Canada has seemingly won the fight against fast-rising prices. Yet the bank’s own survey of consumer attitudes [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff With Canada's inflation rate now back below 2 per cent, the Bank of Canada appears to have won the fight against fastrising prices. Yet the bank's [...]

The Democratic candidate can point to a booming U.S. economy as proof of her bona fides. But her Republican challenger can seize on something people despise: red-hot inflation, With two weeks remaining until the U.S. presidential election, so much is going right in the world’s largest economy. The unemployment rate sits at roughly 4 per cent – quite [...]

Byline: MATT LUNDY, JASON KIRBY, MARK RENDELL With two weeks remaining until the U.S. presidential election, so much is going right in the world's largest economy. The unemployment rate sits [...]

Many Southern U.S. states are still poor, but expanding fast — faster than lagging Canadian provinces, The economic mood in Alabama these days is looking up. Unemployment in the state, at 2.8%, is just a notch above its 50-year low, and the latest reading shows the [...]

Byline: Jason Kirby; Staff The economic mood in Alabama these days is looking up. Unemployment in the state, at 2.8%, is just a notch above its 50-year low, and the [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff For lower-income families, prices for goods and services have risen faster than their incomes since 2019, while income inequality has widened to a record gap, according [...]

Also in today’s edition: TD’s guilty plea details, how Trump’s tariffs will hit Canada’s economy and rental relief, Good morning, Jason Kirby here filling in for Chris Wilson-Smith who is away. Never, under any circumstances, underestimate the American consumer’s eagerness to shop. Ahead of Aritzia’s second-quarter results due [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff For Canadian households, the one-two punch of high inflation and interest rates has left a deep mark, forcing consumers to cut back on spending and shaking [...]

Yes, consumer insolvencies are way up, but so too is the number of consumers. A lot now depends on the health of the job market, For Canadian households, the one-two punch of high inflation and interest rates has left a deep mark, forcing consumers to cut back on spending and shaking housing markets. On the [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff A FEW YEARS AGO , if you'd asked Glen Lynch what he thought about the business of owning and operating drones, he'd have been quick to [...]

Byline: Jason Kirby; Staff For most of his career as an investor, Warren Buffett steered well clear of technology stocks. He didn't understand what tech companies did, the Oracle of [...]

As regulators scramble to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, the commercial drone industry must navigate an evolving patchwork of safety rules, A few years ago, if you’d asked Glen Lynch what he thought about the business of owning and operating drones, he’d have been quick to tell you: not much. Lynch, [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff Canada's population growth, which has largely been driven by temporary immigration, has finally started to show signs of slowing - albeit from light speed to mere [...]

The slowdown comes as the federal government clamps down on record inflows of non-permanent residents, including caps on foreign student visa approvals, Canada’s population growth, which has largely been driven by temporary immigration, has finally started to show signs of slowing – albeit from light speed to mere rocket speed. In the [...]

How did Warren Buffett achieve this mark? By routinely outperforming the broader stock market decade after decade, For most of his career as an investor, Warren Buffett steered well clear of technology stocks. He didn’t understand what tech companies did, the Oracle of Omaha would often say, [...]

In six of Canada’s largest cities, the share of daily transactions made at bars, cafés and restaurants between 7 p.m. and 4 a.m. shrank during the spring months when compared with same period in 2022, Stiff prices for drinks and the high cost of dining out have caught up with Canadian consumers, leading more people to spend their evenings at home this past spring, according [...]

Last year Ottawa spent nearly $1.3-billion in overtime costs, a 50-per-cent increase from 2017, While the number of federal civil servants has surged over the past eight years, Ottawa has still had to fork out $9.2-billion in overtime pay in that period, with such [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff Months after the federal government clamped down on international student visas, the asking price for rental units in Canada has stabilized and in some cities is [...]

Also in today’s edition: U.S. regulators slap TD with a fine - again, The first and maybe only debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris is over and, as with any political showdown, the question immediately turned to who won. [...]

Ottawa’s reform of international student visa program helped keep a lid on asking rents over the summer after years of spikes, Months after the federal government clamped down on international student visas, the asking price for rental units in Canada has stabilized and in some cities is now falling, bringing relief [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff Canadians have been socking away money at a frantic pace to cope with higher interest rates, but with hundreds of billions of dollars sitting on the [...]

Governor Tiff Macklem said it is “reasonable to expect further cuts in our policy rate” provided that inflation subsides as expected, 11:40 a.m. What’s next? The next Bank of Canada decision is coming Oct. 23. Between now and then, there will be plenty of economic data for central bankers and investors [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff One of the quiet strengths of Canada's immigration system last decade was the job market's ability to readily absorb recent immigrants. Now, as a record influx [...]

The immigration system is ‘doing no favour to those coming to Canada’ as unemployment surges, One of the quiet strengths of Canada’s immigration system last decade was the job market’s ability to readily absorb recent immigrants. Now, as a record influx of temporary foreign workers [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff In the fall of 2022, a remarkable innovation burst onto the scene with the power to reshape the world and kick-start the next Great Productivity Boom. [...]

Anti-obesity drugs and artificial intelligence may seem worlds apart, but they share the potential to jolt a plodding economy, if only they can overcome barriers to mass adoption, In the fall of 2022, a remarkable innovation burst onto the scene with the power to reshape the world and kick-start the next Great Productivity Boom. That would be ChatGPT, [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff Investors have their pick of factors to blame for the stomach-churning ride their portfolios took in recent days, from unnerving U.S. jobs data to bursting tech [...]

Byline: Jason Kirby; Staff When protesters blockaded the Ambassador Bridge that links Windsor and Detroit in February, 2022, Jonathon Azzopardi watched anxiously as work at his Laval Tool & Mould [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff When the number of job vacancies hit a record one million in 2022 and Canada's employment market was at its tightest, workers held a strong upper [...]

Byline: MATT LUNDY, MARK RENDELL, JASON KIRBY It was not a term that U.S. President Joe Biden and his team invented. But as the U.S. economy was soaring last year, [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY; Staff The number of workers in Canada's federal public service climbed to a new high this year, but the pace of growth was the slowest in seven [...]

The housing crisis has affected mid-sized cities and small towns across the country, For the best listening experience and to never miss an episode, subscribe to The Decibel on your favourite podcast app or platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts [...]

Byline: JASON KIRBY, MATT LUNDY Canada's job market has defied the odds to expand even in the face of high interest rates. One surprising engine of that growth is bosses. [...]