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Crib notes for G7 unemployment rates

…to push further default amid big household leverage. Canada: The labor market is strong as illustrated by the marked improvement in the employment figures. Expansionary policy was very likely too…

The currency quarrel with China is a dangerous distraction

…Facts from Myths Author: Steven Dunaway, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics November 16, 2009 http://www.cfr.org/publication/20757/uschina_economic_relationship.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cfr_main+%28CFR.org+-+Main+Site+Feed%29 [3] Canada, Not China, Is U.S.’s Largest Trade Partner Sunday, January 03, 2010 http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/01/canada-not-china-is-uss-largest-trade.html…

A housing bubble illustration

…and Canada. The chart illustrates the price to rent ratio in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, the UK, and the US, which measures the trade-off between owning and renting. Across country,…

Vertical specialialization in world trade

…into Canada than Canada ships into America,” says Sobot. “If we injure either one of us, we’re injuring ourselves collectively, and we won’t be able to compete effectively on the…

How many "Free Trade" Economists will thank the Union?

…came to the support of “free trade for free traders”? Why, the United Steelworkers Union, of course: The news came only hours after the United Steelworkers pleaded Canada’s case to…

Location, location, location

I was dreaming about my lock on derricks and ports in Canada. For the record, no one sold me Canada’s only main port on the Arctic Ocean. Mr. Broue bought…

Do you know what SPP is?

What is the SPP US and SPP Canada? Many agreements in one. One point of view is the notion of The Shock Doctrine. The timing of The Shock Doctrine’s release…