Author Archives: Danielle Park

Price discovery coming for realty sector

Historically it has been typical at the beginning of real-estate downturns for listings to decline as owners try and extend loans rather than sell properties at lower prices. That has happened over the past year with residential and commercial properties. … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Price discovery coming for realty sector

Some thoughts on tipping

In Ontario, the general minimum wage, including liquor servers, bartenders and waiters, is $15.50 per hour. In some areas of the US, the minimum wage for tipped services is, unbelievably, $2.13 per hour, the same minimum that was established in … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Some thoughts on tipping

ECRI: Fed not cutting despite bad things happening

The Fed’s inflation outlook is “totally disconnected from what the market wants,” @businesscycle Co-Founder Lakshman Achuthan, alongside @SPGlobal’s Paul Gruenwald. “The market is looking for a [rate] pause or a cut, and that is just not in the cards.” (Too … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on ECRI: Fed not cutting despite bad things happening