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My interview with Scotiabank's Rebekah Young on the federal government's decision to forgo a Spring budget. "I think we were all quite surprised. We know this government has a lot it wants to do and a lot it wants to do very quickly…The expectation had been we would have a

In my Saturday column for The Hub, I take a closer look at the federal budget delay brouhaha. Some thoughts in Q&A format (where I interview myself): Q: Would it have been better to release something? A: Of course. If you believe more transparency is better than less,

G-7 finance ministers aim to avoid public spats with the US despite trade turmoil bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Daniel Flatley Erik Hertzberg Laura Dhillon Kane Kamil Kowalcze

Bessent and Powell with the Mounties

Macklem, Powell, Bessent and Champagne at the G7 Finmin meetings in Banff, Alberta #cdnecon

⁦At #G7 finance meeting in #Banff, Alberta, SecScottBessent⁩ and ⁦Federal Reserve⁩ chair Jay Powell pose with ⁦François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦⁩, ⁦Bank of Canada⁩ gov Tiff Macklemore and RCMP / GRC officers before digging into global economic tensions, Trump’s tariffs, etc

The UK urged its Group of Seven allies to agree a cut to the price cap on Russian oil to put further pressure on Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven nations pledged to address “excessive imbalances” in the global economy, taking aim at China despite omitting the country's name from a draft communique w/ Jorge Valero William Horobin bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bessent’s presence at the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors summit was well received by his counterparts, though tensions remain over tariffs and other Trump administration policies w/ ⁦⁦William Horobin⁩ ⁦Erik Hertzberg Kamil Kowalcze bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lagarde says international trade will never be the same again bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via William Horobin Erik Hertzberg

ECB is nearing 2% inflation goal, 3 years after policy pivot bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Craig Stirling

Morgan Grace, the left-handed Métis fiddler from East Selkirk, Manitoba, got a once in a lifetime chance to perform for King Charles.

Housing as a percent of Canada's GDP is stuck around 6.3% amid affordability issues and stagnating sales, around the level seen in the late 90s and early 2000s #cdnecon #cdnpoli

Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to offset the economic pain caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs by compelling Canadian provinces to liberalize trade with one another bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Erik Hertzberg

Canada Firms Flock to Government Program to Avoid Layoffs Amid Tariffs, Mathieu Dion & Erik Hertzberg report financialpost.com/pmn/business-p… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Canada has spent 250 years fighting American aggression. Here we go again. macleans.ca/society/canada…

Young Canadians are facing a labor market that has deteriorated faster than in any other major advanced economy bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Randy Thanthong-Knight Bloomberg

Canada’s budget watchdog urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to release an update on the federal government’s finances soon or risk eroding the government’s credibility with investors. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…