Returns in Canada’s bond market exceeded the rest of the world in 2010, gaining the most in five years, and may outperform again this year amid record foreign purchases of the nation’s fixed-income securities.
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada Broad Market Index, which tracks 1,150 federal, provincial and corporate bonds with a par value [...]
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Canadian bonds beat world
January 8th, 2011 by Financial Writer
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December 15th, 2010 by Financial Writer
It’s been a long way back, but two of the most widely watched stock market barometers are now trading right around where they were before the financial excrement really hit the fan in September 2008.
The Dow closed Tuesday at 11,476.54, its highest close since September 8, 2008 — a week before the bankruptcy of Lehman [...]
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Government plans three new measures to bolster economy
December 6th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Canada’s Conservative government will introduce three new measures in coming weeks to bolster the country’s economy”>
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Canada’s Conservative government will introduce three new measures in coming weeks to bolster the country’s economy
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Paul Vieira, Financial Post · Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010
The federal Conservative government plans to introduce three new measures in the coming weeks aimed [...]
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Always The Best Deal On Home Mortgage Rates
November 25th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Home mortgage interest rates, which will be available depends on how good your credit score and history. If you have a good credit score, you have several options to choose from. First, you must decide which type of mortgage is best for you.
The various types of loans other than traditional “fixed rate” [...]
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Carney, Volcker see long haul to recovery
November 20th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The world economy faces a long, hard slog toward recovery and could slide into deflation and financial instability if leaders fail to deliver on promises of reform, top policy markers said on Friday.
At a conference in Calgary, White House special adviser Paul Volcker warned it would likely take years for the American economy to [...]
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U.S. recovery slowdown a ‘concern’: Carney
November 16th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Friday the slowdown in the U.S. recovery is of “some concern” to the central bank and whatever unfolds will have a “significant” impact on this country’s economy.
In an interview with U.S. business network CNBC, he said the low level of U.S inflation — due to a debt overhang [...]
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Volcker: Fed Must Not Sow Seeds of Inflation
September 23rd, 2010 by Financial Writer
Paul Volcker, special adviser to President Barack Obama, said on Thursday that while the Federal Reserve’s purchases of long-term Treasuries are “understandable,” the central bank must be careful not to set the stage for future inflation.
The former Federal Reserve chairman, known for slaying inflation in the 1980s by hiking interest rates well into the double [...]
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Hoenig: Big banks may still threaten their smaller rivals
August 23rd, 2010 by Financial Writer
Despite Dodd-Frank Act, community banks face ‘higher costs of capital’: Hoenig
Over 6,500 U.S. community banks may continue to face “higher costs of capital” than their big bank rivals even after a sweeping bank reform law has sought to end the ‘too-big-to-fail’ perception, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig said Monday.
“Because the market [...]
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Slow growth of UK economy is likely to be as good as it gets
July 12th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Official figures show recession was deeper than believed and double-dip downturn is a real threat
On the face of it, today’s official bulletin on the state of the economy was a bit of a damp squib. The delay in publishing the third estimate of growth in the first three months of 2010 had raised speculation that [...]
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Bernanke Says the Federal Debt Is ‘Unsustainable’
June 9th, 2010 by Financial Writer
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, warned on Wednesday that “the federal budget appears to be on an unsustainable path,” but also recognized that the “exceptional increase” in the deficit had been necessary to ease the recession.
Mr. Bernanke’s comments before a hearing of the House Budget Committee, reiterated his view [...]
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