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Assessing Canada's potential output growth
The recent surge in population growth and prolonged weakness in labour productivity make it difficult to discern Canada's potential economic growth at…
Mar 21
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What can be done to reverse the decline of Canada's real GDP per capita?
There has been much concern among economists and policymakers in Canada recently about the decline in real GDP per capita since mid 2022. Real GDP per…
Jan 2
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What drives changes in real GDP per capita?
Economists often use the trend in real GDP per capita as a rough proxy for the trend in overall welfare. If this ratio is rising Canadians, in general…
Sep 12, 2023
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Interpreting recent productivity performance in Canada
Exploring why productivity has been decreasing recently
Aug 11, 2023
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The state of the Canadian household sector
Coping with higher interest rates and real wage losses due to unanticipated inflation, are households approaching a crisis or are they still in…
Jun 20, 2023
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Productivity performance in Canada compared to other developed countries
How has Canada fared when juxtaposed with similar economies?
May 29, 2023
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Canada's recent strong population growth in perspective
An exploration of the relative roles of births, deaths, immigration, emigration and non-permanent residents in ten charts
May 15, 2023
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Canada's economic outcome in 2022
Canadian GDP growth was quite strong in 2022. Here is a quick review of what happened to production across provinces and territories and industries
May 11, 2023
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The terms of our trade
How ever-changing relative prices affect us all
May 9, 2023
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