While the Bank of Canada has generally said fundamentals drove the oil boom, there have been hints it saw other factors at play
Tag Archives: commodities
The great fall of China
China’s stock market frenzy masks a serious slowdown in the country’s economy, and that could mean even more pain for Canada
What a commodity bust would mean for Canada’s economy
Given that we’re already in a slow-growth environment, the risk is stagnation in the economy, or something worse
What really accounts for our sluggish growth
How commodity prices and terms of trade explain the last two years of being stuck in limbo
Booms, busts, and mantra about bitumen
Andrew Leach on a new report from the Pembina Institute and Equiterre
Commodity traders: the next Lehman Brothers?
Here we go again, with ‘systemically important’
Why China’s slowdown could mean big trouble for Canada’s economy
It’s not just about weaker demand, it’s about the end of a story investors have been betting on
Turning water into money
Talk of trading access to water on an open market stirs controversy, but it’s already a reality in Alberta
Carney: This time it’s different
‘Even though all booms are finite, this one could go on for some time’
The Canada bubble
The Canadian economy is booming and investors are flooding in. Is it too good to be true?