Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Economy 101 | No Comments »What is the difference between monetary and fiscal policy? Two of the most important parts of any country's economics are their monetary and fiscal policies. Many people assume that these two policies are one and the same, but ...
Cross Border Shopping Tips
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Posted in Smart Tips | 4 Comments »Canadian Dollar at Par? Learn How to Do Shopping In the States Currently, as of this writing, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the United States dollar. Against the Canadian dollar, the American dollar is worth 99 ...
Foreign Property Mortgages for Canadians
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 Posted in Real Estate and Mortgage | 2 Comments »International/Overseas Mortgages for Canadians Recently released figures suggest that Canadian households have in the past five years increasingly sought to buy properties abroad to add to their own property in Canada. Whether these properties are used ...
What Is Supply and Demand?
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Economy 101 | No Comments »Understanding Supply and Demand Two highly important concepts that drive economics around the world is the concept of supply and demand. Supply and demand is an economic model of price determination within an economic market. In supply and demand, it ...
Why China Will Dominate the 21st Century
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Posted in Canadian and Global Economy | No Comments »China and The 21st Century The 19th century was the British Century, when the British Empire dominated the planet. The 20th century was the American Century, when the United States and its culture dominated the planet. At the ...
Is It Our Last Chance To Avoid Getting Hit By High Interest Mortgage Rates?
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in Real Estate and Mortgage | No Comments »High Interest Rates And How To Avoid Getting Hit By Them The biggest concern for anyone currently looking for a mortgage to buy a residential property is the volatility of the market. In the last couple ...
How Interest Rates Affect Consumers, Investors and Businesses
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 Posted in Economy 101 | No Comments »Interest rates, consumers, investors, and governments The interest rate of a country is extremely important to the economy. The changing of the interest rate can have a great number of effects on how the economy performs, as well ...
Canada Ranks Above USA in Economic Freedom
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 Posted in Canada and Beyond | 2 Comments »Canada Ranks Above US in Economic Freedom The Heritage Foundation just put out its annual report, and Canada scores 7th best in the world. In Heritage Foundations' latest index of economic freedom, the top 10 countries with the most economic ...
How the Loonie Affects the Canadian Economy
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 Posted in Economy 101 | 3 Comments »How Strong Canadian Dollar Affects Economy If you ask a Canadian what the dollar is at, they will probably tell you that it is near the American dollar in value. Most Canadians know where the dollar ...
Public Mobile Review
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Posted in Financial and Non-Financial Reviews | 1 Comment »Public Mobile Canada Review Wind Mobile Review Mobilicity Review Mobilicity Unlimited Internet Data Plan This is a guest post by TDotgrit. TDotGrit is an analyst at aninvestment company in Toronto. He occasionally blogs about politics at (tdotgrit.blogspot.com) and you can follow him onTwitter at @tdotgrit Yet another new player ...
