1. The Bank of Canada hiked its key policy rate by half a percentage point to 4.25 per cent.How does this affect or relate to recession and inflation?
2. Canada saw stronger than expected economic growth in the third quarter. How does this affect or relate to GDP and economic growth?
3. Equifax Canadasays an increase in borrowers helped push totalconsumer debtto $2.36 trillion in the third quarter for a 7.3 per cent rise from last year, even as mortgage volumes decline. How does this affect or relate to banking and personal economics?
4. Strong job growth for core-aged women helped push the nationalunemployment rateeven lower to 5.1 per cent in November, according to Statistics Canada. How does this affect or relate to employment and unemployment?
5. Royal Bank of Canada economists say the country has reached a record number of renters as the number of people renting has increased at three times the rate of homeowners in the past decade. How does this affect or relate to business and economic cycles?