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Kip Beckman Principal Research Associate, Economic Services

Last year, Cuba’s president Raul Castro initiated a number of economic reforms approved by the Communist Party designed to revive the Island’s dismal economy. The reforms will eventually transfer a large part of the state into private hands and they are already ...

Pedro Antunes Director Forecasting and Analysis

Setting monetary policy in Canada is never a simple task. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Bank of Canada and other central banks took extraordinary steps to shore up the global financial system and help to restore the conditions necessary for ...

Michael Burt Director Canadian Industrial Outlook

One could be forgiven for believing that a perpetual fog of woe betides Canada’s manufacturing industry. Despite the end of the recession nearly 3 years ago, headlines continue to trumpet plant closures and job losses. However, this is the common problem of confusing ...

Glen Hodgson Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist Forecasting and Analysis

Over the past year, my colleague Mario Lefebvre and I have applied our training in economics to the world of professional sports, principally in Canada (see the “Playing in the Big Leagues” briefings) For a change ...