Do seniors actually experience price inflation differently than other age groups in Canada? A policy suggestion that was part of the Liberal campaign platform in the last federal election in 2015 assumes that’s the case. The proposal suggested it was time to link increases to senior-specific government benefits, such as old-age security, to a special […]
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Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1% in September, down from 1.3% in August. Statistics Canada says the decline was due to a larger year-over-year drop in gasoline prices. Those were down 18.8% compared to last year. Read: Unemployment inches up to 7.1% in September Overall, prices were up in seven of eight major categories in […]
Plan sponsor panel: Rethinking risk across pension portfolios
For an investor with a primary objective of meeting future liabilities, it’s useful to build a framework for investing assets to meet those future liabilities. The first step in exploring such a framework requires an understanding of the nature of the liabilities and what economic factors can be deemed to impact the future liability cash flows.
Russell Investments Canada has introduced an inflation-linked bond fund for institutional investors.
How he saw the pension crisis coming back in 1975.
I recall co-authoring a report in 1982 in which we predicted that future inflation would 9% a year for the long term. That sounds crazy now, but it seemed reasonable at the time, especially considering that inflation averaged 9.7% a year over the previous 10 years, with no end in sight.
The Bank of Canada is keeping its trendsetting interest rate anchored at 1% for the remainder of the year, but is sending a message that it still believes the cost of borrowing in Canada will go up at some point in the future.