President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on Canadian energy, will raise core consumer prices in the U.S. by 0.6%, Goldman Sachs economists predicted. “We would not rule out a last-minute pause in the tariff,
Former Goldman Sachs executive Mark Carney won the Liberal Party primary on Sunday and will be appointed Canada’s next prime minister after the resignation of Justin Trudeau.  Read More
Last week featured two big events that promoted economists to lower forecasts for U.S. economic growth while raising them for Europe. One was the last-minute reprieve for Canada and Mexico on tariffs,
Canada’s next leader is a relative political newcomer, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered governments through major global crises and periods of upheaval – experience he’s hoping to now leverage as he prepares to take over from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP, labelled Mr Carney the “high priest of project fear”. He survived the outcry and left the bank in 2020, laying the groundwork to assume leadership of Canada’s beleaguered Liberals, despite never having sat as an MP in the House of Commons.