The Fed’s campaign of rate hikes is showing more signs of having the intended effect of slowing the economy – but that may be bad news for those who lose their jobs or have a harder time finding one.
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The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
Slow growth of exports and tourism and a resurgence of global inflation have created dollar shortages in some African economies.
More than one million borrowers are set to come off ultra-low fixed mortgage rates this year and next, meaning the full effect of the ten rate rises to date is yet to be felt.
Food insecurity is a problem of income inadequacy. The 2023 federal budget’s “grocery rebate” has the right idea, but falls short.
Domestic resource mobilisation cannot be achieved by over-taxing the livelihoods of the most vulnerable workers in the informal sector.
While most of the focus is on the here and now, here’s what the medium term could look like.
Raising rates to fight inflation involves a time lag so current efforts to bring down prices won’t start having an impact until the next election is approaching.
The Fed’s decision to raise rates is likely to put more pressure on regional banks, which will make it harder to avoid a recession.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan discusses the blueprint for reform with commission chair, Michael Brennan
Canada’s official poverty measure only focuses on income and ignores other important factors, meaning there are millions of Canadians living in poverty that are ignored by the measure.
The Fed raised rates by a quarter-point – less aggressive than had been expected before the current banking crisis, but signaling inflation is still its focus.
The two central banks were due to raise rates aggressively, but then came the banking crisis.
The banking crisis has been caused by the interest rate rises, and further hikes were supposed to be a no no.
Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.
The latest consumer prices report shows cost of living is still rising far above the Fed’s target. But don’t expect monetary policymakers to aggressively hike rates.
There are at least five errors that marred the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, most of which could have been avoided.
The collapse of a US bank is the latest crisis for central banks to deal with. But rather than being saviours of the global economy, what if they are actually a big part of the problem?
Central banks have been signalling that rate rises are going to get more aggressive again, but can the economy actually take it?
A drop in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
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