Author Archives: Danielle Park

About That: Canadian debt and defaults

Despite cooling inflation, a falling interest rate and steady employment numbers, more and more Canadians are missing payments on their loans and mortgages. Andrew Chang explains what’s going on. Here is a direct video link. Also worthwhile, see Can the … Continue reading

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Hoisington Q4 2024 Review and Outlook

Well before the rising layoffs and economic disruptions in the first quarter of 2025, the global economy was registering a recessionary rise in unemployment and excess capacity, along with an accelerating decline in world dollar liquidity (WDL).  Hoisington’s Q4 2024 … Continue reading

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Tit for tariff policies weigh heavy by design

Economic conditions today are more fragile than in March 2018 when Trump 1.0 signed a memorandum instructing the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to apply relatively modest tariffs of $50 billion on Chinese goods. As RBC chief economist Frances Donald … Continue reading

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