Reading Time: 4 minutes Statcan claims our food inflation rate is at 2.7%. But the agency may be significantly underestimating
Tag: Inflation
COVID-19 has driven governments into debt traps
Reading Time: 3 minutes Printing money to address short-term needs will lead to inflation and dampen any potential economic recovery
Carbon tax a crushing load at the fuel pump
Reading Time: 4 minutes Owners of the most popular vehicles in Canada will pay much more in carbon taxes in coming years
Below-normal temperatures lead to soaring spot LNG prices
Reading Time: 4 minutes But opposition to resource development from environmental organizations and First Nations means Canada being left out in the cold
How will Canadian households cope as food prices rise?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though Canadians have access to one of the cheapest food baskets in the world, the pace of inflation is unmanageable for many
Federal Clean Fuel Standard is all smoke and mirrors
Reading Time: 4 minutes As proposed, the CFS will do little to reduce GHG emissions, will hike the cost of energy and undermine Canadian energy security
Better get used to higher food prices
Reading Time: 4 minutes The food sector has never been recession-proof. But COVID-19 may show us that it’s immune to deflationary pressures
Alberta’s inflation rate below Canadian average
Reading Time: 2 minutes The traveller accommodation index trended downward in November, falling 4.2 per cent year over year, according to Statistics Canada
There’s no free lunch when it comes to government spending
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern monetary theory advocates argue the government should have a magic wand to conjure up money out of thin air.
Waste not, want not and your business will profit
Reading Time: 4 minutes When you need to find savings in your business, look at the areas of systems, energy, people and inventory