
103 episodes

The Loonie Hour Steve Saretsky
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The Loonie Hour is a Canadian based macro economic podcast covering newsworthy events across the globe and how they will impact Canadians.
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Canadian Economy Accelerating into Hard Landing
Local governments raising taxes as interest payments rise and tax revenues fall. Bond market contagion deepens as yields surge higher. Canadian mortgage renewals becoming a bigger problem. Business and consumer sentiment tumbles. Household savings are depleted.
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Bond Market Crushing Soft Landing Hopes
Canada CPI comes in hot. Bond yields ripping higher over inflation concerns. Oil continues to push higher which will act as a hard brake on the economy. Powell dismisses the base case for a soft landing. The Bank of England moves to the sidelines. Airlines in the eye of the storm.
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Interest Rates at these Levels Will Break Things- w/ guest Ben Rabidoux
We are joined this week by Canadian credit and housing analyst Ben Rabidoux. Insolvencies are ratcheting higher, the pre-sale market remains the biggest vulnerability. Mortgage rates are starting to break household balance sheets. Immigration is out of control. Canada apartment rents are still rising. The ECB hikes. US inflation still sticky.
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Has the Recession Already Started in Canada?
The Bank of Canada holds interest rates. Q2 GDP unexpectedly contracts, defying Bank of Canada forecasts. Higher mortgage rates are starting to hit households hard. China & Germany have hit the brakes hard. The ECB could shift to the sidelines. US apartment rents are likely to contract in September, with implications on CPI.
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Provincial Governments Urge Bank of Canada to Stop Rate Hikes
Canadian banks report rising loan loss provisions. The Federal Government admits to undercounting non-permanent resident growth by a million people. The BC government pleads with the Bank of Canada ahead of the September 06 meeting. The US labour market shows signs of softening.
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Are There Still Issues Brewing Inside the Banks?
The Federal government is back from their housing retreat with no real changes other than a further review into foreign student loopholes. Regional bank stocks are tumbling once again. Jackson Hole, hawkish fed? Fixed mortgage rates back on the climb AGAIN.
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