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By Stefania Di Verdi on September 7, 2012
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Debt measures

By Stefania Di Verdi on September 7, 2012
Estimated reading time: 1 minute

Ottawa has done its part to cool debt levels in Canada. Now it's Mark Carney's turn, according to a new report.

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has done its part to cool debt levels in Canada, according to a new report. Tighter mortgage lending rules will help slow debt growth in Canada, says TD Chief Economist Craig Alexander. Now it’s Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s turn. “Interest rates simply cannot stay at current levels indefinitely,” he says. Read the full report.
The Canadian economy added 34,300 new jobs in August, according to Statistics Canada. All the gains however, were in part-time positions. What’s worse, there were big losses in goods producing sectors which typically pay more. Despite the overall job gains, the unemployment rate remains stuck at 7.3% as more people enter the job hunt.
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