August 7, 2019/IMFBlog By IMFBlog Following a period of escalating prices, Canada’s housing market is cooling. Measures designed to strengthen financial stability such as more stringent tests of borrowers’ ability to repay their loans, along with higher interest rates, combined to make mortgage financing more expensive. As a result, residential […]

August 6, 2019/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    For five consecutive days in July, U.S. natural gas consumption exceeded the previous record high – 43.1 Bcf last set on July 16, 2018.  –    A heat wave in the U.S. pushed up demand, but the structural backdrop has been climbing for […]

2/8/2019/Fitch Ratings New U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports represent an escalation of U.S. trade protectionism beyond our baseline forecasts, Fitch Ratings says. As part of a broader trend that includes increased tariffs and greater trade policy uncertainty, the move highlights a significant threat to global growth. On their own, the […]