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Headline inflation drops, core persists: OECD

Declining energy and food prices drive sharp drop in consumer prices in May

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CBRE says office vacancy rate in Q2 rose to highest level since 1994

Office markets grapple with recession threat, interest rate hikes

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Inflation driving U.S. defaults: Fitch

Continuing cost pressures, rate hikes pushing companies toward default

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Record immigration driving record emissions: NBF

Report highlights an unwelcome side effect of strong population growth

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Businesses getting closer to pre-pandemic wage growth: BoC

The proportion of consumers surveyed who think a recession is likely was 50%, down from 58% in the previous quarter

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Canadian economy steady as real GDP remains unchanged

Although GDP was flat for April, it showed strengths

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Drop in business optimism in June may indicate cooling economy

The decrease in confidence follows a seven-month upswing, the CFIB said

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Global mining sector outlook brighter: Fitch

Commodity demand boosted by China, resilient global economy

Wall Street still wondering if recession is in the cards

Here's a look at the arguments for the upside and downside

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Inflation is moving in different directions in Europe

Prices rise in Germany and fall in Spain

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U.S. economic growth last quarter is revised up sharply to 2%

Consumers continue to spend despite rising borrowing costs

Geopolitics

Trade shifts from friend to foe for central bankers

Waning globalization complicates BoC's inflation challenge, TD report says

Made in Canada

Why home bias is nothing to celebrate

A report from Vanguard makes the case for less-patriotic portfolios

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Top central bankers assert need for higher interest rates to tackle persistent inflation

Despite rate increases, Fed chairman says rates "haven't been restrictive very long"

Personal finances

Canadians’ household debt is high, but risk of major shock is low: economists

While more Canadians will fall behind on debt payments, recent report says most households will manage

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Private credit faces stress test: Moody’s

With factors that drove growth now in reverse, sector confronts array of headwinds

U.S. banks’ environment downgraded: Fitch

Financial, regulatory headwinds drive tougher operating climate

Brookfield makes takeover offer for American Equity Investment Life Holding

Both companies said there was no guarantee that an agreement will be reached

Europe’s interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation, central bank chief says

New inflation figures are to be published Friday

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Canada’s inflation rate tumbles to 3.4%, but forecasters still expect July rate hike

The long-awaited decline in food inflation has yet to come

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Canadians’ confidence in ability to retire on time plummets: Report

A new survey shows Canadians anticipate working an average of six years longer than they would like

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Emerging markets could surpass U.S. market cap by 2030

Led by India, EM expected to gain upper hand in global equity market capitalization, Goldman Sachs says

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Housing market holding up better than expected: Fitch

Rating agency revises forecast for housing market in Canada, among others

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A dip in inflation may not be enough to stop another rate hike

Most forecasters expect the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates again in July

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Rocky road ahead for North American banks: Fitch

Rising loan losses, growing expenses eating into banks' bottom lines