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60 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
After five years in which oil traded in a narrow band around the $100 US a barrel mark, crude markets returned to volatility this fall. Analysts have no consensus on how low it could go, but they’re ready to predict a pullback in investment.
90 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Nova Scotia faces wage, program restraint to control spending in 2015: premier
– canadianbusiness.com
HALIFAX – Public sector unions appear to be in Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil’s sights in 2015 as his government grapples with spending restraint and a sluggish economy that’s showing few signs of growth.
McNeil warned in a year-end interview that tough decisions are ahead for a government that needs to rein in spending while creating “conditions” that will lead to more business investment and jobs as the economy struggles at about one-per-cent growth.
The province is operating with a projected budget deficit of $220.6 million for 2014-15, while jobs figures from November indicated little change over the previous year and an unemployment rate of 8.8 per cent.
While McNeil would only hint at what measures are contemplated for the economy, he identified public-sector wages as a key to getting government spending under control.
“Public sector wage settlements that have been 2 1/2 or three per cent, it’s not sustainable and can’t continue,” said McNeil…
McNeil warned in a year-end interview that tough decisions are ahead for a government that needs to rein in spending while creating “conditions” that will lead to more business investment and jobs as the economy struggles at about one-per-cent growth.
The province is operating with a projected budget deficit of $220.6 million for 2014-15, while jobs figures from November indicated little change over the previous year and an unemployment rate of 8.8 per cent.
While McNeil would only hint at what measures are contemplated for the economy, he identified public-sector wages as a key to getting government spending under control.
“Public sector wage settlements that have been 2 1/2 or three per cent, it’s not sustainable and can’t continue,” said McNeil…
Carrick on money: The big mortgage milestones of 2014
– theglobeandmail.com
The best of the Web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
