Author Archives: Danielle Park

Danielle was a guest with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here, starting at 12:22 on the playbar.

Today, we have news that the Canadian and US economies are estimated to have created more jobs in September than forecast. Still, hourly earnings moved down, and unemployment rates in both countries have moved above cycle lows. It is helpful … Continue reading →

Bond analyst Alf Pecatiello warns that over the last 3 months, US bond markets have been in an aggressive and prolonged period of bear steepening of the yield curve. History shows if left unchecked, this steepening is likely to cause … Continue reading →