Category Archives: Main Page

Higher rates freezing mobility and consumption

About seventy percent of Canadian mortgages were taken out over the last few years with a 5-year fixed term and an ultra-low interest rate that averaged 2.79%. In 2020-2021, some 40% were taken at floating rates that averaged 1.65%. Floating … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Higher rates freezing mobility and consumption

Unaffordable prices cure unaffordable prices

Canada’s housing bubble is crystal clear unless you are paid not to see it (wilfully blind) or painfully naive. The average national home price of 754K in July is ten times the average household income of $75k. The historically recognized … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Unaffordable prices cure unaffordable prices

Economic weakness leads unemployment, not the other way around

Many cite US and Canadian unemployment levels today near 5o-year lows as grounds for economic optimism. Unemployment is a lagging indicator that commonly inspires misplaced confidence heading into recessions and then pessimism as it rises into subsequent economic expansions. For … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Economic weakness leads unemployment, not the other way around