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Canada will be one of the hardest hit nations in the developed world if oil remains below US$50 for the next five years, barely eking out one per cent growth a year, economists say.
“In a world of ultra-low oil prices, Canada’s growth model must change,” said Emanuella Enenajor, senior North American economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “But it’s not clear what sector will fill the shoes that energy once wore.”...

TMX Group Ltd. is outperforming its global peers this year as investors see a glimmer of a turnaround at the Canadian exchange operator as it tries to diversify beyond its traditional resource base.
Shares of Toronto-based TMX, which owns and operates the Toronto, Venture and Alpha stock exchanges, along with a securities clearing house and derivatives markets, are up 8.6 per cent this year, outpacing 26 peers in the Bloomberg World Exchanges Index...

Sovereign bonds surged, sending the Japanese benchmark 10-year yield below zero for the first time, as investors seeking the safest assets gorged on government debt.
Treasury yields dropped to a one-year low and those on short-dated German securities dropped to records in the rush to refuge from a worldwide stock rout. Traders pared the odds the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year to 30 per cent,...

With each new subsidy, tax incentive, or project, we are told some number of jobs will follow. You’ve probably seen the headlines. The Trans Mountain Pipeline will create 3,300 permanent jobs and Energy East will create over 4,250. Bombardier, which...