AI on the Horizon: August 21, 2025
Is AI helping or hurting job seekers? This week, we look at AI’s implications for workers and small businesses. The rise of AI agents is nigh. Hopefully, an AI agent won’t replace us before the next issue..
Higher Education Trends
Higher Education Trends (HET) provides post-secondary institution (PSI) leaders with valuable data and insights into trends in higher education. It includes national student statistics in four pivotal areas that will help leaders gauge program success and evaluate their institution’s societal and economic value.
Opportunity Amid Disruption: Supporting Canada’s Strategic Industries
Canada’s economy is under attack. But tariffs are only part of the story. Our national prosperity is also threatened by the tectonic forces of climate and demographic change. The shifting environment calls for rethinking and reaffirming the foundations of Canada’s economic development.
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CPI Growth Slowed in July Despite Trade Conflict
Canadian Economics August 19, 2025
Despite the trade conflict with the United States, consumer price growth in Canada slowed in July. Canada’s CPI grew by 1.7 per cent (y/y), down from a 1.9 per cent increase in June, though headline inflation is currently a misleading guide to underlying price pressures.
Quick take • 2-min read
Kiefer Van Mulligen
Labour Market Momentum Fades as U.S.–Canada Trade Conflict Persists
Canadian Economics August 8, 2025
While the loss of momentum in the labour market is concerning, our initial estimates of the impact of the trade conflict had much more severe impacts to workers, and so the overall labour market performance this year continues to show that Canada’s economy is weathering the storm with some success.
Quick take • 2-min read
Maxime Arseneau
Trade Deficit Widens to $5.9 Billion in June
Canadian Economics August 5, 2025
June saw a modest rise in exports, but tariff headwinds dragged down broader second-quarter trade performance. Following a record-low national trade balance in April—coinciding with the implementation of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports—exports showed signs of recovery in May and June, rising by 2.0 per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively.
Quick take • 3-min read
David Ristovski
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