OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada sharply downgraded its expectations Wednesday on economic growth for the first half of this year, but held the line on off...

OTTAWA - With global finance ministers gathering in Washington this week, the International Monetary Fund is advising Canadian policy-makers against p...

OTTAWA - A leading international forecasting firm says Canadians should brace for tough economic times lasting another two years, lifting the jobless ...

OTTAWA - Canadian firms have become more pessimistic about the economy and plan to ratchet down investment spending while keeping hiring modest, the n...

OTTAWA - Canada's largest bank is forecasting the economy will do slightly better than most expect in the next two years, and one reason why is that t...

The latest polling numbers by Nanos Research show Canadians are losing confidence in the economy. Nanos Research asked Canadians if the...

Canada’s economy has outperformed the U.S. for five years, but Canadians better prepare themselves for an equally long period of underperformance, s...

Help wanted: The Canadian economy seeks a new driver of economic growth. The position must be filled immediately to replace sectors – housing, co...

OTTAWA - Almost four years removed from the start of the so-called economic recovery, 2013 could be the year Canada finally leaves the legacy of the G...

OTTAWA - With global conditions weakening, Canada's economy will remain in the slow growth lane until the middle of next year, the Organization for Ec...

OTTAWA - The outlook for the economy has brightened somewhat for Canada and two countries critical to Canadian exporters, according to the Organizatio...

OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says slower growth will sap about $22 billion annually from the country's economy.Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin...

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he is not as eager to raise interest rates as he was a few months ago, although he made clear the ne...

OTTAWA - The federal government may need to downgrade its growth projections for the Canadian economy when it releases its mid-year budget update, Fin...

OTTAWA - Canadian firms appear to be preparing for hard and uncertain economic times, the Bank of Canada says in a business outlook survey released Mo...

OTTAWA - Canada's economy has entered a "soft patch" amid a sharp slowdown in home construction and sales, poor exports and weak job creation, the TD ...

TORONTO - The Royal Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will grow by 2.1 per cent this year, and that the central bank will gradually raise i...

OTTAWA - Stephen Harper says Canadians can rest assured the government has a Plan B in place should another recession strike.But analysts warn a secon...

OTTAWA -- The TD Bank says persistently strong oil prices are giving the economies of resource-rich prairie provinces a turbo-boost. The bank says ...

OTTAWA - Gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange in February helped push Statistics Canada's composite leading index higher last month, pointing toward a ...

OTTAWA - Warning: This economic forecast may be completely off base. As Canadians close out one of the most unpredictable and tumultuous years of e...

If 2011 taught economic prognosticators anything, it was that in a world still teetering on the brink, optimistic forecasts are perhaps best kept to o...

MONTREAL - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says growing access to capital should make Canadian businesses confident to invest, despite the financi...