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TrendTracker consists of summaries of current articles that members of the Wynford Team have identified as of interest, related to economic and social influences that can affect total rewards and other progressive Human Capital practices.

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Canadian Economy Suffering Dollar Parity’s One-Eyed King in Land of Blind

Greg Quinn, Bloomberg, Published February 21, 2012


Quinn investigates a few different angles of the Canadian economy from an outside American perspective. Some of the topics touched are the effect of the strong Canadian Dollar on exports, purchases of Canadian debt bonds, banking fundamentals, and forecasted growth in coming years.



The debate over Canadian debt data

Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail, Published February 13, 2012


Robertson presents an interesting counterpoint in regards to Canadians spiraling household debt ratios. Does this ratio give a good assessment into how indebted consumers really are?



RIM and the separate CEO myth

Nachum Gabler And Neil Mohindra, National Post, Published January 24, 2012


The downfall of Research In Motion has been a highly publicized event in the past year and the most recent shakeup resulted in the replacement of Co-CEO and Co-Board chairmen Jim Balsille and Mike Lazaridis who have now been replaced by Thorsten Heins as CEO and by Barbara Stymiest as chairwoman. Gabler and Mohindra explore the true effect of the business decision to separate the CEO from the board chair.



250,000 jobs vacant, new Statscan survey says

Tavia Grant, The Globe and Mail, Published January 24, 2012


A recent Statscan survey has shown that 250,000 jobs in Canada remain vacant while unemployment remains at 7% which points to a discrepancy in job skills/geography between the unemployment – find out who and where companies are looking for employees.



Detroit automakers are (finally!) making profits

Chris Isidore, CNN Money, Published January 5, 2012


2011 appears to be lining up to be a profitable year for American Big 3 Automakers. This is a good situation for Canada’s automotive industry – our largest manufacturing sector which employs over 150,000 Canadians. ...



Bank foresees two-speed Canadian economy in 2012

Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail, Published January 4, 2012


There will be major regional growth variations in Canada throughout 2012. While commodities are expected to provide economic strength to Prairie Provinces, Nova Scotia is expected to benefit greatly from a significant industrial manufacturing contract.


 
 


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