Op-Ed
The Bank of Canada stuck to the status quo last week, leaving its target for the overnight interest rate at 25 basis points and maintaining quantitative easing (QE) at a rate of at least $4 billion…
Op-Ed
Suddenly, inflation is in the news. In Canada and abroad, spending is surging and COVID-impaired production is struggling to keep up. Key commodities – oil, lumber and metals – are expensive.
It is…
Op-Ed
A couple of weeks back, Jack Mintz warned Financial Post readers that governments that think low interest rates will let them keep borrowing big are on a dangerous path. As he pointed out,…
