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Lower interest rates have boosted REITs. Financial health of the REITs may provide more support. Some REIT sectors are more challenged than others though.

Why Canadian stocks are rallying. Is Canada's equity rally different than the U.S.?

Canada's productivity problem. Why Canada's construction industry has begun to struggle.

The big risks to the Bank of Canada's rate outlook. What a BoC rate cut could mean for housing.

Bank of Canada cuts rates for the first time since 2020. How deep will the BoC rate cuts be in 2024?

The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey for Q4 2023 found that 40% of Canadian companies were experiencing a slowdown in sales. Canadian consumer spending contracted 4% year over year in 2023, even with unemployment still sub-6% and the bulk of mortgages yet to renew at higher interest rates in 2024-2026.

Bank of Canada kept rates unchanged as expected, but had to recognize that rates are “clearly restraining spending” and that disinflation is happening at a faster pace. However, that was not enough to drop the threat of another hike if necessary.

When the BOC may start cutting. With the latest CPI reading in, is the BOC done hiking?

When bank economists get bearish, you know that data looks pretty dour. Canadian consumer sentiment is negative for a reason: there are increasingly fewer resources to go around.