ECONOMIC ISSUES

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  Carl Dillon

  

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  Posthaste: Canada's recession odds are now down to a 'coin flip'

  Financial Post - Victoria Wells

  Chances of a recession stand at 50%, but Conference Board says it's forecasting a soft landing Good morning! Canada’s risk of a recession is growing, …

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  Carl Dillon

  

  4 days ago

  Trump lawyer claimed no classified material was at Mar-a-Lago in signed letter to Justice Department

  CNN - By Evan PerezKaitlan Collins and Sara Murray

  (CNN) — One of former President Donald Trump's attorneys signed a letter in June asserting that there was no more classified information stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The letter signed by the attorney raises fresh questions about the …

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  Carl Dillon

  

  Odds of Bank of Canada hiking 75 basis points in September just went down

  Financial Post - Erik Hertzberg

  Markets trim bets from 60% chance to 45% after data show U.S. inflation cooling Slowing U.S. inflation is prompting traders to pare bets for a …

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  Carl Dillon

  

  'Soft landing is wishful thinking at this stage:' former Bank of Canada economist

  Financial Post - Gabriel Friedman

  Episode 161 of Down to Business podcast The Bank of Canada hiked its overnight interest rate by a full percentage point earlier this summer — a move …

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  Carl Dillon

  

  'Head-scratcher:' Economists weigh in on Canada's surprise job loss

  vancouversun.com - Gigi Suhanic

  Canada’s July jobs reading caught economists by surprise with a loss of 30,600 positions rather than an expected gain of 15,000 for the month. Despite …

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  Carl Dillon

  

  Top Federal Reserve officials say they misread inflation and now plan to correct the course

  CNBC - Carlos Waters

  Top officials at the Federal Reserve were seeing inflation data come in very hot for months before policymakers moved to wind down monetary policies …