Lawrence Martin
Lawrence Martin

The U.S. economy is in turmoil. Royal commission?

To redefine Canada's global prospects, we must develop alternative strategies

Rick Salutin
Rick Salutin

Deficit hysteria bogeyman

The call to panic serves many uses

Pope Benedict XVI
Economy

Pope, politicians put heat on auto makers to save jobs

Pontiff gives moral support to Fiat workers striking to protest cuts

A new meeting place

Have you heard about our online forums?

An open-ended venue to talk about the economic issues affecting all of us

The Vancouver Olympic Village under construction

What legacy, Vancouver?

Games organizers have promised lasting economic benefits - but that is a rarity in host cities

China tightens loose lending

Beijing's response to asset bubble fears likely to restrain housing, commodity prices

Euro zone recovery falters

The 16-country area's GDP barely expands 0.1% in the October-December period

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Shipping
Ambitious plans, cold reality

Expansion plans at the Port of Montreal will have to be scaled back as a result of the global economic slowdown

Port of Montreal
Renovators fret over tax credit

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has said popular measure will expire at end of month, but home reno stores want an extension

Home renovation
David Rosenberg
Can both the economists and strategists be right?

A 36-per-cent surge in profits expected by the consensus would typically require a 14-per-cent boom in nominal GDP

David Rosenberg
Gwyn Morgan
Big deficits, creaky health service: Something's got to give

Just as individuals lose control of their personal finances when debts spiral out of control, so it is with public debt

Forbes.com
The coming sovereign debt crisis

Will investors move out of their ‘safe haven' markets?

Nouriel Roubini
Economy
Lower living standard looms for many high-income Canadians

Government programs, other pension options will fall short for ‘significant minority' of middle, upper-income retirees, Ontario report says

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan