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What You Need to Know About the Canadian Mortgage Stress Test Nov 5th
In late 2017, OSFI, the agency that supervises and regulates Canada’s banks, unveiled a new mortgage stress test, designed to protect Canadian borrowers from increasing debt burdens, and the prospect of rising interest rates. It also served to cool off a couple of Canada’s most expensive housing.... More »
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Canada joins allies targeting Russian banks, pipeline project over growing Ukraine crisis - CBC News + MORE Feb 22nd
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Canadian Parents Spending More on Back-to-School than Holiday Gifts Aug 14th
With September just around the corner, kids across the nation are likely dreading the thought of going back to school, and parents are likely dreading the costs that come with it.
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Yellen: Persistent economic weakness could slow rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cautioned Wednesday that global weakness and falling financial markets could depress the U.S. economy’s growth and slow the pace of Fed interest rate hikes.
But Yellen made clear that the Fed won’t likely find it necessary to cut rates after having raised them from record lows in December. She did concede, though, that negative rates, which central banks in Japan and Europe have recently imposed, are a tool the Fed has at least studied.
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Twitter tweaks its timeline in pursuit of more users
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is tweaking the way that tweets appear in its users’ timelines in its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its service.
The change announced Wednesday moves Twitter closer to a formula that Facebook uses to determine the order of posts appearing in its users’ news feeds.
It’s a risky move for Twitter because it threatens to infuriate many of its 320 million users who like things the way they are…
Yellen: Persistent economic weakness could slow rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cautioned Wednesday that global weakness and falling financial markets could depress the U.S. economy’s growth and slow the pace of Fed interest rate hikes.
But Yellen made clear that the Fed won’t likely find it necessary to cut rates after having raised them from record lows in December. She did concede, though, that negative rates, which central banks in Japan and Europe have recently imposed, are a tool the Fed has at least studied.
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Twitter tweaks its timeline in pursuit of more users
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is tweaking the way that tweets appear in its users’ timelines in its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its service.
The change announced Wednesday moves Twitter closer to a formula that Facebook uses to determine the order of posts appearing in its users’ news feeds.
It’s a risky move for Twitter because it threatens to infuriate many of its 320 million users who like things the way they are…
