Current Events

1. Tariff threats begin; exporters front-load shipments

2. Bank of Canada cuts to 2.75%, a seventh straight cut

3. Trudeau resigns; Carney becomes prime minister

4. USMCA-compliant exports exempted from blanket tariffs

Current Events

1. Tariffs hit steel, aluminium and autos; exports fall 6.5%

2. Consumer carbon tax surcharges end, cutting fuel prices

3. Carney Liberals win the federal election

Current Events

1. Oil, gas and manufacturing rebound; exports recover 1.0%

2. Bank of Canada resumes cutting, to 2.5%

3. Infrastructure spending lifts government capital 3.7%

Current Events

1. Rate cut to 2.25%, the bottom of the neutral range

2. Factory output falls; unemployment reaches 6.8%

3. Carney government tables its first budget

Current Events

1. War in the Middle East; crude export prices up 14.6%

2. Gold and scrap stockpiling lifts imports 3.1%

3. Business capital spending falls to a two-year low

4. Bank of Canada holds at 2.25%

Current Events

1. Auto exports up 27%, the quarter's biggest single driver

2. Oil at war prices lifts energy exports; profits up 8.8%

3. Stock drawn down $16.1B, subtracting 1.3 points from growth

4. Data-centre buildout lifts computer investment 16.7%

5. One-off GST credit lifts disposable income 2.1%

6. U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs