grant robertson — BANKING REPORTER From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 7:32PM EST It's the one piece of economic data in Canada that has drawn more attention than any other in the past year. At times, its presence has served as a gentle reminder...

Globe and Mail Update Published Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012 7:45AM EST Investors await Facebook Forget about manufacturing stats and the corporate earnings on tap. Today's big event is expected to be the kickoff of Facebook's eagerly-awaited initial public offering. As Simon Avery writes in today's Report on Business, the...

Julian Beltrame OTTAWA— The Canadian Press Published Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 4:51PM EST Last updated Thursday, Jan. 05, 2012 4:20PM EST Demographic changes from aging to immigration flows are helping shape Canada’s housing market of the future, the federal housing agency suggests in its annual report. The Canadian Mortgage and...

Christine Dobby Nov 30, 2011 – 7:06 PM ET The Canadian economy was not as bad as first feared in the third quarter. In fact, it was much better than almost anyone had hoped. Fuelled by record monthly output from the oil-and-gas and mining sectors and overall...

By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - A new report finds low interest rates are keeping Canadian house prices within reach of homebuyers in many markets. The Royal Bank's quarterly report on housing trends, released early Friday, shows housing affordability improved slightly in the third quarter, after two...

Thursday, 20 October 2011 09:07 Newsroom It seems that the time limited offer for low-interest rates is likely to be extended- this according to a recent Reuters survey of 40 economists and strategists. Respondents indicated that they do not believe that the Bank of Canada will hike...

By Theresa Tedesco, Financial Post Canada ranks as the top country among 134 major developed nations for business, according to the annual Best Countries for Business survey by influential business magazine Forbes. The move from fourth in 2010 to top billing is based on a ranking of...

By Eric Lam, Financial Post BMO Capital Markets pushed its rate hikes forecast back to 2013 on Tuesday, citing continued serious economic risks both home and abroad. The new forecast pushes the expected time frame for the Bank of Canada to raise its benchmark interest rates back...

By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press  | September 21, 2011 OTTAWA - Canada's inflation rate jumped past three per cent last month, but with the economy's foundations in quick-sand, there is little prospect of a Bank of Canada response.The surprisingly strongly gain in the Statistics Canada consumer price...