Month: August 2015

The issue for Canada and many other Western nations is that they have not yet paid off the debt that was incurred during the last round of deficit-financed stimulus spending. Still, Canada’s federal debt is low by international standards. Economist Sherry Cooper of Dominion Lending Centres is among those who are calling for a new…

The question is how to look at what took place Monday in the context of previous market meltdowns — think 1987, 1997, 2000 and 2008. Having witnessed all of those events, Sherry Cooper has a particularly good vantage point on the current situation. Cooper, the former chief economist for BMO Capital Markets who’s now with…

Fears of a housing bubble. The Shanghai stock market crash. Disappointing economic data on exports and plunging auto sales. And now this. A few years ago, China’s move to devalue its currency would likely have been seen as a positive development. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed the August 11 news that China had made…

Like finding Waldo, a lot depends on who’s doing the looking and what they’re looking for. Some can see “red” across the board. For others, nothing seems to jump out and catch their eye — game over. Since the start of 2015, Canada’s economy has been in a “now-you-see it, now-maybe-you-don’t” recession pattern, with seemingly contradictory…

Any hope Saudi Arabia would reconsider its oil production strategy and begin to decrease production evaporated this week when the kingdom’s leaders said they will issue $27 billion US in government bonds by the end of the year. So much for throwing in the towel and going back to being the swing producer. Adding fuel…

From Business News Network (BNN): Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist, Dominion Lending Centres, says there are no signs of widespread fraud in Canada’s mortgage industry. She joins BNN to discuss the role of regulators and financial institutions in preventing fraud.

China’s surprise move to devalue its currency will likely mean more pain for the battered Canadian economy. Stock markets in Canada and the United States fell sharply on the news that China had allowed the yuan to drop 2%. China made the unexpected decision for two reasons, said Sherry Cooper, chief economist at Dominion Lending…

The Canadian dollar took a double hit on Tuesday from devaluation of the Chinese currency and a fresh six-month low for oil, which slipped below $43. The loonie was at 76.13 cents US at mid-afternoon, down three quarters of a cent from Monday. It hit a low of 76.08 earlier in the day. But the…

In another desperate move to boost a flagging economy, China devalued its currency by 2 percent overnight. The Canadian dollar nose-dived on the news following what had been a week-long recovery. The US dollar strengthened as capital flowed into the safe haven of the greenback. The surprise move sent shock waves through global markets, driving…

“The debate over whether Canada is in a full-fledged recession will continue,” said Sherry Cooper, chief economist at Dominion Lending Centres. That leaves Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz in a wait-and-see pattern on future interest rate adjustments, following two cuts since the start of this year as the impact of the oil-price plunge began…