Economic Reason

Reprinted from Wolfstreet While the US has been struggling for five years with a recovery that has been so crummy that “recovery” often shows up in quotation marks, Canada has been rolling in good times. Its economy has been powered by a housing bubble beyond even US imagination. I wrote about that phenomenon in April: […]

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While the mainstream media is only now beginning to acknowledge a dip in real-estate price evaluations in Canada. We have been raising the flag about this for over a year. According to The Economist, Canada’s housing market is the most over-valued in the world when analyzing its rents and income to price. “Overvaluation is especially marked […]

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Recent Canadian real estate data shows that the housing market has cooled; however, the much needed correction of valuation is far from over. Overall the housing correction was felt the most in Calgary; cities less affected were Regina and Montreal. Take a look below for average price statistics: Canada’s Housing Price Statistics Besides Calgary, the decline […]

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Despite what is commonly understood, the Canadian banking system is  as strong and resilient as most people might assume. According to the World Economic Forum, Canada is ranked #1 in the world for “the most sound banking system in the world”. I am not sure what world they live in, though. The Canadian banking system is no […]

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Most people believe that banks safeguarded their deposits in their vaults and maintain a liquidity ratio on or about 100%. In other words, banks only lend out the money which they had on deposits. However, today’s banking system reality is far different, posing a great risk for all economies going forward. What is a Fractional […]

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