How quaint that seems now. That was before airlines canceled thousands of flights, sports leagues paused their seasons and restaurants and retailers shut their doors. Schools...
COVID-19 was impacting Canada’s economy before the current crisis, according to new figures from Statistics Canada, which predicts that the current pandemic “will significantly affect economic...
By Luc Vallée The federal government recently introduced a plan to encourage businesses to retain workers by subsidizing 75 per cent of their wages. By providing...
Politics The outbreak’s urban epicenters are responsible for a disproportionate share of America’s GDP and jobs. Aaron P / Bauer-Griffin / Getty President Donald Trump’s promise...
UNITED NATIONS — The global economy could shrink almost 1% this year due to the new coronavirus, a sharp reversal from the pre-pandemic forecast of 2.5%...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump aims to shovel $2.2 trillion into the U.S. economy over the next few weeks to try to cushion its free fall....
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the ballooning cost of federal measures being promised to workers impacted by COVID-19 is essential to keeping the Canadian economy afloat. “I’m...
GDP growth this year in the world’s second biggest economy could sink to just 1% or 2%, down from 6.1% in 2019, according to recent estimates...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While there’s a lot of financial uncertainty for many people in the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be reason for...