Canada Ranks Above USA in Economic Freedom
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 Posted in Canada and Beyond, Current Events | 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 ...
Things We Have Learned From The Global Financial Crisis
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »Lessons From The Global Financial Crisis The world has once again found itself in a terrible financial meltdown that has gone to affect the whole world and the consequences are only now trying to reach the ...
Is The Economy Recovering Faster Than Expected?
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | 1 Comment »IMF Says Recovery Looking Good The latest news on the global economy from a widely trusted source is good news, but comes with at least one caveat. On Thursday October 1st, the International Monetary Fund unveiled ...
Where Are We In Terms Of The Global Financial Situation?
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | 2 Comments »Happy Birthday, Global Financial Crisis There has been so much said over the past couple of years about the dangers of recession, and much still to be said, but one event seen by many as the moment ...
Canada Moves Up To Ninth Place In Global Competitive Ranking
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Posted in Canada and Beyond, Current Events | 5 Comments »Canada's Global Competitiveness Ranking Improves The World Economic Forum released their Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 today. Canada moved up to ninth place from last year's 10th and 2007's 13th for overall competitiveness. The banking sector ...
European Heads Lead Calls For Bank Regulation
Monday, September 7th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »The G20 summit in Pittsburgh later in September will feature some lively debate on bank regulation after the heads of Europe's three most established economies all put their names to a letter stressing that the 20 richest countries in the ...
US Recession Finally Easing?
Sunday, September 6th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »US Economy May Finally Be Moving Towards Recovery Although most of the major economies in the world have been through no small amount of turmoil in 2009, most eyes have been turned towards the performance of the US economy ...
Was The Global Financial Crisis a Blessing in Disguise?
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »Global Financial Crisis Is A Demonstrable Wake-Up Call To The World It may not be a universally popular opinion, but there are certainly more than a few people who will tell you with a straight face ...
Financial Update Week in UK
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »The sign of a recovery? Maybe not so much. It is a sign of the times we are living in that more people than ever are actually sitting forward when the TV news switches to finance, as opposed to ...
Will Brazil Win Best Global Financial Crisis Recovery Title?
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 Posted in Current Events | No Comments »Who's Getting Out First? The global financial crisis has been such a major story in the last eighteen months that there can now be few people who do not have op inions on it, and fewer still who do ...
