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24 November 2010

A Window for Mortgage Renewal, Refinancing as Inflation Climbs

: Homeowners have a window of opportunity to consider their mortgage renewal and/or refinancing options as the Bank of Canada consider newly released inflation numbers and the economic recovery her, in the U.S., and in Europe.

8 November 2010

Fed’s Stimulus Doesn’t Go Down Well with Emerging Economies

The Fed’s decision to pump in an additional $600 billion into the US economy has not gone down well with emerging economies and other G20 countries.

22 June 2010

China Ends the Yuan Peg to the US Dollar in Time for the G20 Summit in Toronto

Just in Time for the G20 Summit, China Decides to End their Currency’s Tie to the Dollar. The Globe and Mail has a quite interesting info-graphic that illustrates some potential effects of China’s big move yesterday to end the Yuan’s peg to the US dollar.

2 October 2009

Feds May Tighten the Leash on Bankers’ Pay

The Canadian Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, made comments last week about stronger regulations regarding the bonuses that financial industry employees receive.

29 September 2009

Canada’s Top Five Banks are Safe

While Wall Street and Bay Street think the Canadian Banks are “sleepy”, Global Finance has allotted each of the top five Canadian Banks a spot on their list of fifty safest banks in the world.

14 October 2008

European Ministers Euphoric, Canadian Minister Cautious Over G7 Bank Rescue

Recession Won’t Be As Deep As Originally Feared