Imports – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca The best news source for Canadian financial advisors. Investments, financial markets, insurance, practice management, tax and estate planning Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:00:02 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://phoenix.advisor.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/cropped-advisor-ico-32x32.png Imports – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca 32 32 Global trade flows dropped in Q4: OECD https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/global-trade-flows-dropped-in-q4-oecd/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:00:02 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=222175 The decline reflected weak demand and decreasing energy prices

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]]> Trade supplied a boost to fourth-quarter growth https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/trade-supplied-a-boost-to-fourth-quarter-growth/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:29:28 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=221600 The goods deficit narrowed in December while trade stayed in surplus for the full year

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]]> High oil prices boost Canada’s trade surplus: StatsCan https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/high-oil-prices-boost-canadas-trade-surplus-statscan/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:53:01 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=211490 The value of exports hit an all-time high in May

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]]> January trade deficit narrows, but numbers still disappoint https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/january-trade-deficit-narrows-but-numbers-still-disappoint/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:54:55 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/january-trade-deficit-narrows-but-numbers-still-disappoint/ Canada’s trade deficit totalled $1.9 billion in January, a narrowing from December’s $3.1 billion deficit, StatsCan reported Wednesday. That narrowing “was where the good news ended,” says CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham in an economics report, as the deficit was “driven exclusively by a plunge in imports.” Imports decreased 4.3%, mainly due to lower volume […]

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]]> B.C., Ontario to drive growth in 2016: CIBC https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/b-c-ontario-to-drive-growth-in-2016-cibc/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/b-c-ontario-to-drive-growth-in-2016-cibc/ A changing of the guard in Canadian growth is well under way.

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]]> U.S. import prices stronger than expected https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/u-s-import-prices-stronger-than-expected/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/u-s-import-prices-stronger-than-expected/ U.S. import prices barely declined in September.

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]]> How the TPP will benefit Canada https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/how-the-tpp-will-benefit-canada/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/how-the-tpp-will-benefit-canada/ Maclean's has summarized how the Trans-Pacific Partnership will benefit Canada’s economy.

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]]> Q3 retail sales data disappoints https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/q3-retail-sales-data-disappoints/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:29:03 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/q3-retail-sales-data-disappoints/ Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.5% in July, to $43.3 billion.

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]]> Commodity prices rally https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/commodity-prices-rally/ Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/commodity-prices-rally/ Scotiabank's commodity price Index climbed 4.7% month-over-month in May.

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]]> Tampon tax on its way out, but tariff remains https://phoenix.advisor.ca/tax/tax-news/tampon-tax-on-its-way-out-but-tariff-remains/ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:00:46 +0000 https://avatar.advisor.ca/uncategorized/tampon-tax-on-its-way-out-but-tariff-remains/ The tampon tax may be gone, but the tampon tariff lives on, and its existence illustrates the red tape all importers face.

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