Category Archives: Economic Digest

Economic Digest – November 2015

KD Canadians have been calling the macaroni-and-cheese dish KD for years. It is a staple of many Canadian childhoods, and dorm rooms, and the company...

Economic Digest – October 2015

TRADE Canada has struck a free-trade deal with the Ukraine, an accord that represents more of a gesture of solidarity than a commercial breakthrough. Canada...

Economic Digest – September 2015

TRANSPORTATION Over the objections of safety advocates, the US Senate has approved a trucking industry bid to allow longer tandem trucks on the nation’s highways....

Economic Digest – August 2015

IMMIGRANTS For decades, Mexicans have been the largest contingent in America’s 41.3-million foreign born population, but the annual inflow has slowed dramatically. In 2013 Mexico...

Economic Digest – July 2015

AFRICA The economy of Africa is growing steadily. Last year average growth was 3.9 per cent and it is set to accelerate this year spurred...

Economic Digest – June 2015

THIS DIGEST OF RECENT ECONOMIC NEWS IS PROVIDED COURTESY OF A & A. JUNE 2015 CROPS Record harvests last year have meant a glut of grains...