covid – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:44:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png covid – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Government benefits helped lower income households afford rising cost of living: PBO https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/government-benefits-helped-lower-income-households-afford-rising-cost-of-living-pbo/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:44:53 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=467812 Households had greater purchasing power in Q4 2022 than before the pandemic

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]]> Covid benefits helped economy rebound, but post-payment verification lacking: AG https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/covid-benefits-helped-economy-rebound-but-post-payment-verification-lacking-ag/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:49:59 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=457110 The report said $4.6 billion went to ineligible people and another $27.4 billion should be investigated

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]]> Actuaries release tally of pandemic life insurance claims https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/actuaries-release-tally-of-pandemic-life-insurance-claims/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:33:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=453665 Organization expects excess deaths and life insurance claims to be lower going forward

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]]> Economic stimulus should have stopped earlier to tame inflation, Bank of Canada says https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/economic-stimulus-should-have-stopped-earlier-to-tame-inflation-bank-of-canada-says/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:57:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=451867 Stimulus contributed to demand surge: Beaudry

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]]> May home sales down 22% since last year, 9% from April: CREA https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/may-home-sales-down-22-since-last-year-9-from-april-crea/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:24:06 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=446472 “Market expectations began crumbling,'' said Robert Kavcic of BMO Capital Markets

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]]> Unemployment falls to 5.3% as 72,500 jobs added https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/unemployment-falls-to-5-3-as-72500-jobs-added/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:48:49 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=442421 The jobless rate in March would have been 7.2% had it included people not actively looking

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]]> Richest Canadians had double-digit drop in household saving rate last year https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/richest-canadians-had-double-digit-drop-in-household-saving-rate-last-year/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:23:17 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=442203 Household income rose but net saving dropped for every age group, StatsCan reports

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]]> Why Canadian income rose during Covid https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/why-canadian-income-rose-during-covid/ Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:04:20 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=441466 New StatsCan data shows government transfers to people doubled in 2020 to an average of $16,400

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