Business Report - Making A Difference

Tariffs and related uncertainty continue to weigh on firms, according to results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse. While overall sales outlooks remain weak, outlooks for exports have recovered somewhat, with worst-case trade scenarios appearing less likely. Firms remain cautious in their hiring and investment plans. Some businesses reported cost pressures from tariffs, but competition and weak demand are constraining price pass-through to customers. In this context, firms’ short-term inflation expectations are lower than they were last quarter.

Multiple departments have been asked to cut spending over each of the next three years

Despite the recent backlash against DEI, there is a longstanding tradition of virtue capitalism in the United States.

Sales of the controversial Tesla Cybertruck have plunged by over fifty percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.

After a horrid second quarter earnings report and getting backstabbed by Trump, Elon Musk is says that things will be "rough" for Tesla.

Coca-Cola said Tuesday it will add a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola to its U.S. lineup this fall, confirming a recent announcement by President Donald Trump. Trump said in a social media post last week that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship product in the U.S., which has been […]

TORONTO — The spirits industry says Canada’s response to the U.S.-instigated trade war has led to sharply lower sales of booze from the U.S., as well as lower sales overall. In a joint release, Spirits Canada and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States says U.S. hard alcohol sales dropped 66 per cent in […]

A pair of reports from the Bank of Canada say tariff-related uncertainty continued to put a damper on business and consumer sentiment in the second quarter, but the worst-case trade scenarios previously anticipated seem less likely. The central bank’s business outlook survey said 28 per cent of firms are now planning for a recession in […]

This chart shows the number of theatrical movie releases in North America since 1990.

This chart shows the share of the top 5/top 10 movies in the annual box office in North America since 2000.