Macro slowdown and emerging-market sovereign downgrades loom over ratings
Prices up 5% year over year, consumer spending down 0.2% from November
Openings were lower in November, and payroll employment was flat
Policy-makers must foster workforce participation, skills match
Amid growing challenges, Canadian banks still well positioned to absorb headwinds
Job market still playing catchup, even as demand is slowing, Fitch says
Pandemic-era deposits intact, likely to persist amid diminished confidence
Pressures include provinces’ healthcare funding requests
“If things get out of hand” BoC “might have to raise rates again,” says TD’s Orlando
Falling numbers of fired workers likely drove record low EI numbers, find StatsCan