International trade will be a key growth driver for the Canadian economy this year and next. However, the distribution of export growth in Canada's provinces is anything but even. Some are leading the charge, while others are steady at the national pace. Others are lagging behind, some quite seriously. What are the key factors influencing the different growth patterns?

Jitters about the economy's near-term future shroud the planet. The latest data aren't helping. But quietly, amid the gloom, there's a different story. Lending activity is beginning to improve.

OTTAWA - Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened to $1 billion in February, disappointing markets and economists who had been anticipating better e...

Normally, this column is forward-looking, but occasionally, it pays to reflect on recent events. Annual merchandise trade data for 2012 are hot off th...

Stable is not a word that can be used to describe much in today's economy. A notable exception is the Canadian dollar. The loonie has soared in a reasonably tight range around parity with the U.S. dollar for 3 years now. Although exporters would prefer a lower level, the stability has made activity and cash flows somewhat more predictable. Now, the loonie is losing some loft; what's happening?

Few economies escaped the global slowdown in the summer of 2012. Mexico was a rare and notable exception. While marked deterioration in China, India and Brazil grabbed the headlines, Mexico quietly hummed along, generating remarkably smooth growth.

Surprise of the year: World oil production is rising more than was forecast. A shock? No, that's what happens when prices spike. What is surprising is that it's occurring right in our backyard -- in the good ol' USA. The bottom line? How quickly we have gone from running out of oil to being awash in the stuff. Maybe the surprise is that we are surprised that history is merely repeating itself!

Canadian exports rose by 1.0 per cent in October led by a stunning increase in agricultural exports. The combination of this year's bumper harvest with high global food prices was expected to yield significant gains, but many analysts were surprised by the extent of the rise in international sales.

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 ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.5 per cent to $48.3 billion in July, the third decrease in five months.It says declines in ...

Canada’s trade deficit with the rest of the world rose to an all-time record high in July, Statistics Canada data shows. Canada bought $2.3 billi...

OTTAWA - Canada's trade performance with the rest of the world worsened for the third consecutive month in June, providing fresh evidence of the globa...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country suffered a $367 million trade deficit with the rest of the world in April.It was the first deficit in six ...

TORONTO - NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has it wrong when it comes to the oilsands, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday.Mulcair told a CBC radio pro...

Canada lost industrial plants at twice the pace of the United States last year, a new report says. Industrial Info Resources, a business intelligen...

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

OTTAWA - A big jump in oil and coal sales helped to boost Canadian manufacturing sales in September, hinting that economic growth could have edged sli...

According to numbers compiled by The Economist, the global economy exported $331 billion more than it imported in 2010. There are only two possible...

OTTAWA - Canada continued to defy the global slowdown as recently as September, posting a surprisingly strong expansion in exports that gave the count...

OTTAWA - Canada's export agency is sounding an optimistic note for the prospects for one of the economy's most critical sectors that stands in sharp c...

OTTAWA - Canada's economy was far sturdier than expected over the summer months ahead of fall's stormy weather that had some preparing for a second re...

OTTAWA - Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened in August as import growth outpaced exports in response to softening U.S. demand and a strong loon...

With the loonie near parity, transportation costs climbing and protectionist trade provisions on the table in Washington, Canadian businesses can be f...