by Kunal Sawhney | Apr 22, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
A budget, which is a financial statement that sets out how a government seeks to raise its revenues and spend the collected money, is the single most dominant policy measure in any fiscal year. For Canada, even a cursory glance at Budget 2022 can give you an idea...
by Kunal Sawhney | Apr 13, 2022 | Columnists
Discussions on the housing market focus primarily on prices and stakeholders including sellers, buyers and real estate agents. By this measure, the Canadian housing market may be in a golden period. The latest data suggests that over 58,000 houses found new owners in...
by Kunal Sawhney | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnists
Canadians know these are not the best times. In the domestic economy, 200,000 jobs were lost in January this year, taking the unemployment rate to 6.5 per cent. What was notable is that a hike in joblessness was recorded for the first time since April 2021, defying...
by Kunal Sawhney | Feb 28, 2022 | Columnists
Could soaring home prices trigger a “Freedom Convoy” type protest by disgruntled low-income households? The Bank of Canada used monetary policy manoeuvres to preserve liquidity in the wake of COVID disruptions. This mirrored the policy actions of other central banks...
by Kunal Sawhney | Feb 3, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
Correction is not a word investors like. In plain English, correction means ridding anything of errors. But in the world of investment, correction is the last thing market participants would want. Assets – from shares to real estate – picked by investors lose value...
