Featuring Keith Dicker, Steve Saretsky, and Richard Dias

The Loonie Hour

The Loonie Hour is a Canadian based global macro and geopolitical podcast covering newsworthy events across the globe and how they will impact Canadians.

October 25, 2024

Bank of Canada Delivers Jumbo Rate Cut – w/guest Tian Yang

The Bank of Canada delivered a 50bps rate cut and signalled more to come. The bond market hasn’t budged. Money is still flowing out of China as the economy wobbles. The Trudeau government announces immigration cuts, population growth to zero next year.

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October 18, 2024

Financial Markets Anticipate the Next Round of Easy Money

Canada CPI falls well below expectations, sets up a jumbo rate cut next wekk. European Central Bank slashes rates again. Stocks, the US Dollar, and gold all rise on an easing of financial conditions. Will the bond vigilantes return?…

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October 11, 2024

Bond Yields, Oil Prices, and Inflation Moving Higher as Central Banks Cut Rates

The federal government proposes an empty land tax. Former BoC deputy governor says 50bps is coming. Oil prices move higher along with long term bond yields. US CPI comes in hotter than expected. Central banks easing globally into higher inflation.

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October 4, 2024

The Race to Zero. Liquidity Measures Turning Higher

Central banks are aggressively easing and liquidity measures are turning up. Geopolitical conflict is ramping up, putting upwards pressure on oil prices, could this stoke another wave of inflation? Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate see rising inventory levels despite lower rates.

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September 27, 2024

Central Banks are Panicking to Inject Liquidity

OFSI removes mortgage stress tests on renewals. The BC Government will help you buy a home. Has Canadian Energy Peaked? Microsoft bets big on Nuclear energy and AI. The Chinese have fired the liquidity bazooka to try and revive it’s economy.

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September 20, 2024

Feds Prop Up Housing Bubble with Jumbo Mortgages – w/guest Ron Butler

The federal government shocks the market by pushing CMHC insured mortgages up to $1.5M. The Bank of Canada finally gets inflation back down to 2%. The Federal Reserve surprises markets, cutting rates by 50bps.

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September 16, 2024

The Canadian Labour Market Continues to Deteriorate

The unemployement rate moves higher. Rental and housing market continues to soften. The ECB cuts rates, with more to come as the German economy weakens. US CPI comes in hotter than expected ahead of the Fed meeting next week.

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September 6, 2024

Bank of Canada Cuts, Rents Fall, and the NDP Pulls the Plug on Trudeau.

The BoC cuts rates again, cautions home prices could rise. NDP kills the coalition with the liberal government, is a federal election coming soon? Rents falling in the university cities, Mortgage rates drift lower. US job market weakens as stock market wobbles.

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August 30, 2024

The Federal Fovernment Pulls a U-Turn on Immigration

The Liberal Government says they will change the temporary foreign worker program to slow immigration further. More signs of a weakening labour market. Canadian banks write off more bad loans. Torotno new home sale splunge to levels we’ve never seen before. Net zero without Chinese EVs.

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