Economy

Rogers’s purchase of MLSE is questionable, based on ego and not common sense

Local news media are going, going and may soon be gone. Only political courage will save them

How Canada’s middle class got shafted

With MLSE purchase, Rogers makes a bold bet on the big bucks of sports broadcasting

Renting is often a better deal than buying. That’s because of how expensive it is to own a home

Toronto, Canada’s economic centre, has lost its way

University should be more expensive. Taxpayers are overly subsidizing it

Time is running out to deal with the costs of aging on our economy

Why does Ottawa keep stoking housing demand instead of addressing supply?

Why we need dynamic pricing for Oasis concert tickets (and other items, too)

Canada’s inflation rate cools to 2% in August, hitting Bank of Canada’s target

How market bets and economist views for future BoC rate cuts have shifted after Tuesday’s inflation data

Annual pace of housing starts in Canada down 22% in August, CMHC says

Ottawa’s new mortgage rules boost housing demand – we need more supply-side fixes, too

Ottawa to ease mortgage rules in bid to help buyers afford pricier homes

Canadian manufacturing sales up 1.4% to $71-billion in July

National housing market in ‘holding pattern’ as buyers patient for lower rates, CREA says

Why public companies must be made to disclose information promptly

Addressing Canada’s productivity troubles starts with producing what the world wants

Air Canada had to settle with pilots because it failed to read the political room

An anxious fall as Canada’s economic misery finds company around the world

High condo fees and a weak loonie make Florida no country for snowbirds

Low mortgage rates and low real estate prices could converge, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories

Which company was ordered this week to pay US$14-billion in back taxes? Take our business and investing news quiz

Waiting for lower interest rates? Why variable-rate mortgage borrowers may see disappointing discounts

Canada’s mortgage stress test is hurting the buyers it was meant to protect

Canadian household debt-to-income ratio down in second quarter, debt service ratio up

Canadian banks’ ‘ruthless oligopoly’ is not the problem you think it is

Is a central bank digital currency really so loonie?

Should farmland be protected from clean-energy projects? A tough conversation

Young adults increasingly find their best financial move is to live with their parents – is that bad?

Air Canada pilots want American salaries. But they are not in America