The US is heading for a Recession?

Hoid

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Canadian unemployment remaining at or near 40 year lows.

the white nattys brag about it for Trump and scoff at it for Trudeau.

Because white nattys
 

Walter

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which are then eaten up by inflation, manufactureres reaction to tariffs, etc.
What inflation? 1.8% is nothing. 3.1% beats inflation and the Trump tax cuts put much more money in citizen pockets and a job pays more than the dole.
 

Danbones

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Canadian unemployment remaining at or near 40 year lows.
the white nattys brag about it for Trump and scoff at it for Trudeau.
Because white nattys
wrong

Canada Unemployment Rate


5.9 is higher than any lower number isn't it?
;)

long term



The Bank of Canada normally responds to the threat of a large recession by aggressively cutting interest rates. It won’t be able to use this strategy the next time around: short-term interest rates would hit zero before the job is done. Instead, the Bank will have to rely on large-scale purchases of long-term financial assets (quantitative easing) and a big depreciation of the Canadian exchange rate. While helpful, these policies are unlikely to be as effective as the Bank’s traditional strategy for fighting recessions.

The Bank’s benchmark-interest rate is now only 1.75 per cent, well below its level of 4.5 per cent on the eve of the 2007 financial crisis. Long-term interest rates are even lower. There is no reason to expect that these rates will rise substantially in the foreseeable future.
https://business.financialpost.com/...e-next-big-recession-and-they-should-share-it

LOl what a NIF - Not In Finances!
;)
 
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JLM

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Canada Unemployment Rate


5.9 is higher than any lower number isn't it?
;)

long term



The Bank of Canada normally responds to the threat of a large recession by aggressively cutting interest rates. It won’t be able to use this strategy the next time around: short-term interest rates would hit zero before the job is done. Instead, the Bank will have to rely on large-scale purchases of long-term financial assets (quantitative easing) and a big depreciation of the Canadian exchange rate. While helpful, these policies are unlikely to be as effective as the Bank’s traditional strategy for fighting recessions.

The Bank’s benchmark-interest rate is now only 1.75 per cent, well below its level of 4.5 per cent on the eve of the 2007 financial crisis. Long-term interest rates are even lower. There is no reason to expect that these rates will rise substantially in the foreseeable future.
https://business.financialpost.com/...e-next-big-recession-and-they-should-share-it

LOl what a NIF - Not In Finances!
;)


You really can't draw ANY conclusions from that graph. The graph has been badly distorted to make one month look a lot worse than may actually be. Regardless you can't take one month to be an indication of anything and sure as hell shouldn't be making financial decision based on it.