#CdnEcon

Don Curren

dbcurren

1 CIBC: #Covid19 has triggered the largest cash accumulation in recorded history. We estimate households & businesses are currently sitting on no < C$170B of excess cash. Redeployment of that

Azim Essaji

AEssaji

I think I'm more pro-industrial policy than most economists, but this is a steaming pile of garbage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-o-toole-pnp-interview-1.5716115?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar #cdnecon #cdnpoli #econtwitter To elabora

Miles Corak

MilesCorak

Ahh, one of those teachable moments.Let's talk unemployment rates!Here's what appears to be @OECD source for these @PierrePoilievre statements, which refer to September 2020 unemployment rates(9 % for Canada and

Emma Graney 🇦🇺🤷🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

EmmaLGraney

Thousands of union workers are being fired "as we speak" because Biden has killed KXL, Kenney says. Says the new administration didn't even talk to us first... that's not how

Stephen Tapp 🇨🇦 🌎

stephen_tapp

Today's Labour Force Survey:• #CdnEcon added 419k jobs in July (mostly part-time), which brings employment now to 1.3 million jobs (or 7%) below pre-COVID levelshttps://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200807/dq200807a-eng.htm

Neil Before Zod™

WaytowichNeil

For $15B we could permanently increase the stock of affordable housing, child care and public transit, and eliminate most user costs for pharmacare, dental care and post-secondary education. Think about the

Alicia Planincic

AliciaPlanincic

Since COVID, how single moms are faring - juggling work/childcare - has been a major area of concern. I've been looking at the data available via StatsCan but have hesitated

Trevor Tombe

trevortombe

Today's data: national balance sheets for Q3!! https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/201211/dq201211a-eng.htm?HPA=1Household debt reaches all time high, but an under-reported statistic is that financial and total assets have

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Just to be clear on why immigration levels are the biggest factor when it comes to #cdnecon's future growth:Economic growth (as measured by GDP, really the only game in town)

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

First, I want to say how impressed I am with the work @StatCan_eng has been doing to keep us informed, and help us get *better* informed with regard to policy

Jim Stanford

JimboStanford

THREAD "Heartbreaking" is the only word I can find to describe today's awful #LFS jobs numbers: both the scale of job loss, and their painfully unfair distribution. 213K jobs

Amy MacPherson

MsAmyMacPherson

1/9 Please don't skip this short #thread if you care about misinformation in #CDNmedia, #CDNecon & #CDNpoli, because correcting these #antitrust issues is paramount to winning the infowar against a

Dr. J Robson

JenniferRobson8

I’ve been writing a bit on “trust but verify” in #COVID benefits in . A few thoughts on this story about alleged fraud & miscounting in :https://twitter.com/bencasselman/status/1304553665143934976 In theory, decentralized

Kevin Carmichael

CarmichaelKevin

The Financial Post has had better years in its 113-year history than this one. I'm not talking abut covid, although it affected everyone in her/his own way. I'm talking about

Under the Radar

retail_recruit

What is the #cdnmedia all over this week peeps?#WEscandal not-a-scandal Trump-CPC scheme.What are they not talking about:- assassination attempt on PM-$19B economic sttimulus-disability benefit-Canadian retail 19% YOY thanks to CEWB

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