Elon Musk said that Tesla would suspend vehicle purchases using Bitcoin out of environmental concern
The analysis points to a high proportion of women working at small firms in service industries
The losses in April nearly wiped out the 303,000 jobs added in March
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The loonie traded for 81.34 cents US Thursday, the highest level since February 2018. It’s been above 80 cents US since last week.
‘The lull in between waves reveals how quickly Canadian activity can bounce back when the virus is contained,’ says economist Royce Mendes
Jerome Haegeli says the world’s current path puts Canada on track to lose 7% of its gross domestic product
The key rate remains at 0.25 per cent where it has held steady for more than a year
Now, stock indexes have gone on to set record highs — the S&P 500 closed above 4,000 points
The shadow hanging over the economy now is COVID-19 and its variants that are pushing up caseloads
Just 12 per cent said they have sufficient internal resources to stay afloat
Statistics Canada says driving much of the growth was a 5% year-over-year increase in gasoline prices
Bank points to new, more transmissible variants of COVID-19 as the biggest risk to an economic recovery
Report says Canada’s economy is expected to grow 4.7% this year, while the U.S. is slated to grow 6.5%
Drop was largely due to shutdowns in the spring as COVID began to spread
Predictions for reopening of the economy and recovery outlined
Canada’s unemployment rate climbed to 9.6 per cent in January as 212,800 jobs were erased that month
MP gives run down on federal finances, vaccine roll out to Ponoka chamber members
The central bank is citing the economic conditions and ongoing uncertainty
Lockdowns in the spring of 2020 led to a historic drop in employment with about three million jobs lost
