oil prices – 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 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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]]> OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10 million barrel cut amid virus https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/opec-oil-nations-agree-to-nearly-10m-barrel-cut-amid-virus/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/opec-oil-nations-agree-to-nearly-10m-barrel-cut-amid-virus/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:04:49 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/opec-oil-nations-agree-to-nearly-10m-barrel-cut-amid-virus/ The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented production cut of nearly 10 million barrels, or a tenth of global supply, in hopes of boosting crashing prices amid the coronavirus pandemic and a price war, officials said. “This could be the largest reduction in production from […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/opec-oil-nations-agree-to-nearly-10m-barrel-cut-amid-virus/feed/ 0 Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate target to 0.25% https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/bank-of-canada-cuts-key-interest-rate-target-to-0-25-per-cent/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/bank-of-canada-cuts-key-interest-rate-target-to-0-25-per-cent/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:23:27 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bank-of-canada-cuts-key-interest-rate-target-to-0-25-per-cent/ The Bank of Canada cut its key interest target by half a percentage point to 0.25 per cent in an unscheduled rate announcement Friday. The central bank said its decision to lower rates is aimed at cushioning the economic shocks from COVID-19 and a sharp drop in oil prices by easing the cost of borrowing. […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/bank-of-canada-cuts-key-interest-rate-target-to-0-25-per-cent/feed/ 0 BoC holds steady on overnight rate target https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/boc-holds-steady-on-overnight-rate-target/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/boc-holds-steady-on-overnight-rate-target/#respond Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:37:39 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/boc-holds-steady-on-overnight-rate-target/ The Bank of Canada announced Wednesday it is holding its target for the overnight rate steady at 1.75 per cent. This comes after it also held rates steady in December 2018. “As expected, the Bank of Canada kept the overnight rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent and there wasn’t a big surprise in the message,” […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/boc-holds-steady-on-overnight-rate-target/feed/ 0 As Oil Prices Plunge, Are Economists Overreacting? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/as-oil-prices-plunge-are-economists-overreacting/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/as-oil-prices-plunge-are-economists-overreacting/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:47:42 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/as-oil-prices-plunge-are-economists-overreacting/ Lutz Kilian on why oil shocks don't always cause economic pain.

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