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Interest Rate Hovers July 2009

Remember when interest rates were set to 0.25% and we thought it was a temporary thing? Yeh, good times.

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Random Thoughts: When Celebrities Go…

Celebrity deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson cause us to rethink the impact of celebs on the economy. Michael James points out the Grocery Bag Lessons in Economic Incentives, so what does the summer hold for the Michael Jackson recovery?

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Enough Stimulation Big Boy May 2009

In this sharp-tongued commentary, the question is posed: how much economic stimulation is too much? With bailout packages, infrastructure spending, and central bank liquidity injections flowing freely in 2009, this post questions whether stimulus has become a substitute for structural reform. Mixing wit and wariness, it explores the unintended consequences of “stimulation”—debt, inflation, and moral hazard—and challenges the reader to ask whether all this economic energy is really fixing the problem or just postponing it.

Keywords: stimulation, economic stimulus, government spending, 2009 recession, bailouts, economic recovery, financial crisis response, inflation risk

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0.25 % Interest Rates, Holy Cow!!!!

In April 2009, the Bank of Canada shocked the financial world by lowering its key overnight rate to just 0.25%, marking the brink of “free money” territory. This post captures the economic anxiety of the time: a collapsing economy, deflation fears, and uncertainty around whether the big banks would pass the savings on to consumers. Through a personal and humorous lens, it examines how rapidly shifting interest rates reshape our expectations about inflation, savings,

The Corner of Invest and Spend

Money is Cheap so let’s Invest!!!

Is it a good idea to borrow money so that you can invest? Depends on the reason why. I borrowed to buy an RRSP once, to lower my income, but that was a very specific example.

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