economic outlook – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 CAP Member Survey: How CAPs are evolving to address changing financial priorities https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2023-cap-member-survey-how-caps-are-evolving-to-address-changing-financial-priorities/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:55:33 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141784 With Canadians’ financial priorities shifting alongside a turbulent economic climate, including inflation levels not seen in decades and a never-ending rise in the cost of living, it isn’t surprising capital accumulation plan members’ commitment to retirement savings is taking a hit. Benefits Canada’s 2023 CAP Member Survey found just 41 per cent of respondents rated […]

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]]> Institutional investors considering geopolitical risk, inflation in portfolio construction https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/institutional-investors-considering-geopolitical-risk-inflation-in-portfolio-construction/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133085 In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, institutional investors are increasingly factoring geopolitical risks into portfolio construction, according to John Bai, senior vice-president and chief investment officer at NEI Investments, during a 2023 economic outlook seminar hosted by the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute on Wednesday. “All of a sudden, geopolitical risks went from […]

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]]> 2022 DBIF coverage: A look at the economic forecast for 2023 https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/2022-dbif-coverage-a-look-at-the-economic-forecast-for-2023/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131437 BMO Financial Group expects North American economies will go through a shallow recession in 2023, according to Douglas Porter, the bank’s chief economist and managing director, during a session at the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2022 Defined Benefit Investment Forum. “I would give it a 25 per cent chance that central banks can still negotiate this without one. […]

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]]> Bank of Canada to update economic outlook with first rate announcement of 2021 https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bank-of-canada-to-update-economic-outlook-with-first-rate-announcement-of-2021/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bank-of-canada-to-update-economic-outlook-with-first-rate-announcement-of-2021/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:44:45 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bank-of-canada-to-update-economic-outlook-with-first-rate-announcement-of-2021/ Canada’s central bank will update its economic forecast for the country Wednesday when it announces its interest-rate decision, offering a glimpse into its outlook for COVID-19 recovery. The Bank of Canada said in October the country had been spared from a worst-case economic scenario, but it still didn’t see a recovery taking hold until at […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bank-of-canada-to-update-economic-outlook-with-first-rate-announcement-of-2021/feed/ 0 IMF downgrades outlook for global economy in face of virus https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:49:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/ The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago. The IMF predicts that the global economy will shrink 4.9 per cent this year, significantly worse than the three per cent drop it […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/feed/ 0 Are the days of monetary policy coming to an end? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/monetary-policy-no-longer-the-best-tool-for-supporting-economic-growth/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/monetary-policy-no-longer-the-best-tool-for-supporting-economic-growth/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:52:52 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/monetary-policy-no-longer-the-best-tool-for-supporting-economic-growth/ The days of monetary policy as the most effective tool for stimulating the economy are over, as central banks around the world are increasingly limited in the measures they can implement, according to AllianceBernstein’s chief global economist. “The ability for central banks to do more is constrained, particularly in . . . Europe and Japan,” […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/monetary-policy-no-longer-the-best-tool-for-supporting-economic-growth/feed/ 0 Climate change, aging population major economic factors in forecast for 2020s https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:08:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/ A new economic report says the next decade in Canada will increasingly be shaped by the twin forces of climate change and demographic disruption from an aging population. “By 2030, Canada’s economy could look significantly different,” says the RBC report released Monday, dubbed Navigating the 2020s. “A country whose economic identity has long been bound […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/feed/ 0 The case for optimism in world economic outlook https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:12:01 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/ IMF projects strong global growth despite key risks to watch.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/feed/ 0 Watch for Differentiation Among Regions and Countries https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/watch-for-differentiation-among-regions-and-countries/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/watch-for-differentiation-among-regions-and-countries/#respond Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:13:56 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/watch-for-differentiation-among-regions-and-countries/ Possible investment opportunities to scope out in 2010.

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