Category Archives: Economic Digest

Economic Digest – July 2016

BIKES The Scandinavian furniture giant IKEA is about to introduce its first bike. The “Sladda” which means to skid sideways in Swedish is the company’s...

Economic Digest – June 2016

SWEDEN The Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy has petitioned the European Union to add the American lobster to a list of foreign species....

Economic Digest – May 2016

COMMODITIES Canada’s two major railways are seeing a plunge in prices and demand for industrial commodities. The number of carloads hauled by them has fallen...

Economic Digest – April 2016

ZIKA The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Zika a global emergency meaning that research and aid will be fast tracked to tackle the infection....

Economic Digest – March 2016

ZIKA The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Zika a global emergency meaning that research and aid will be fast tracked to tackle the infection....

Economic Digest – February 2016

VEHICLES Driven by low interest rates, cheap gas and pent-up demand, auto makers rejoiced in 2015 among record sales in Canada and the United States....

Economic Digest – January 2016

RAIL Canadian exports of crude oil by rail surged 38 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 as wider price differentials improved the economics...

Economic Digest – December 2015

FLYING The weak Canadian dollar isn’t just hurting cross-border shopping. Some U.S. airports that enjoyed a surge in the number of Canadian passenger levels when...