Finance Minister Jim Flaherty successfully pressured Manulife Bank of Canada to withdraw a record-low mortgage rate, The Globe and Mail reported Tuesd...

In a country that prides itself on its social safety net, one could argue that the current personal debt story is really a story of an endangered future for the things we hold dear as a society. Will debt-ridden Canadians be supportive at election time of paying more in taxes to maintain universal health care?

TORONTO - A new report says the level of Canadian consumer debt at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per cent from a ye...

TORONTO - Canadians are paying off their debts faster, with the number of those more than three months behind on loan payments dropping to a record lo...

TORONTO — As Canadian officials issue repeated warnings about the perils of overborrowing amid troubling consumer debt levels, one quarter of respon...

TORONTO - There is more than a 20 per cent risk of Canada falling into a second recession — and though much of that risk comes from outside our bord...

TORONTO - A new bank study suggests the average Canadian household is more than $100,000 in debt and that Canadians have ramped up borrowing in the pa...

TORONTO -- Record high Canadian household debt levels will factor into how the economy shapes up in 2012, leading to a slowdown in consumer spending o...

TORONTO - Two seemingly contradictory reports evaluating national debt levels tell the same stark truths about the rising severity of the financial st...

TORONTO - If experience is any indication, many Canadians could find themselves in debt years longer than they originally expected, according to a new...

As worries about another U.S. recession mount, Canada's economy is highly exposed to any downturn and is less equipped to fight a slump than it was th...

The U.S. is going through a historic debt crisis, but Canada's economy also faces an uncertain future. While the American government raised the debt c...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The TD Bank says Canadians can expect borrowing costs to remain near record lows for the rest of the year. That's be...