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If the experience of the last recession is a guide, avoiding a severe downturn will take far more stimulus spending than is currently being discussed—as much as $3 trillion. 
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The impact of technology on finance (FinTech) is one of the hottest topics in business, law, and regulation, with academics and practitioners considering a host of issues that include cryptocurrencies, robo-advice, initial coin offerings, and algorithmic analyses of big data. Yet very little analysis has been devoted to the world’s largest financial industry: asset management.
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The Bank of Canada is “strongly” urging retailers to stop refusing cash payments to ensure all Canadians have access to the necessary goods and services they need.
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Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are closing all North American factories amid safety concerns stemming from the novel coronavirus, as global business continues to grind to a halt.
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Canada’s main stock index fell at the opening bell on Thursday, as fears of a coronavirus-driven recession eclipsed a boost from a bounce in oil prices.
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Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it would draw down $15.4-billion from two of its existing credit lines and suspend dividend to preserve cash as it battles a hit to its business from the fast-spreading coronavirus.
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History suggests full recovery takes, on average, about five years
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Even if there’s a rebound in the second half, the economy will still shrink almost 2% over year
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Buffett cautions he's not an expert in predicting interest rates
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For many companies, managing financial resources is a challenge. But combining analytics with a holistic approach to balance sheet management can help capture the opportunity and improve performance.
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Comparing average weekday hourly electricity demand for the last few weeks to the year before, we visualise the moment when the current crisis began to have an impact on national economies and how large that impact was.
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Public company compensation committees continue to be challenged as they seek to approve compensation programs that directors believe will promote the sustainable long-term increase in value of a company, while taking into account all key constituent views to maximize investor support for those programs.
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Corporate governance research is highly concerned with how to ensure that senior management acts in the benefit of the firm’s shareholders. Through the adoption of corporate governance provisions or through the engagement in CSR, scholars predict there will be less room for managerial opportunism and stronger incentives for generating shareholder value.
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Sponsors and their portfolio companies need to adjust quickly to the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s the new playbook.
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The decision to replace the top emergency boss just as Ontario declares a state of emergency will be cause for public concern
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Western Canadian oil prices hit a historic low on Wednesday as the worsening COVID-19 pandemic conspired with the fallout from the Russia-Saudi trade war to push Alberta’s resource sector into a new dire territory that has governments scrambling to provide aid.
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The federal government plans to spend $3.8-billion to subsidize wages at small businesses over the next three months, but business groups say the measures will not stave off significant job losses as the fight against the coronavirus devastates the economy.
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Canada’s main stock index fell at the opening bell on Thursday, as fears of a coronavirus-driven recession eclipsed a boost from a bounce in oil prices.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has sparked a global debate by suggesting New York’s trading day could be shortened for a time to help calm stock markets rocked by coronavirus.
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Almost a billion children have seen their schools close
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Teck joins Anglo American, Newmont and others that have shuttered mines or wound down operations in resource-rich Latin America
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Our analysis of the social and economic implications of the virus.
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Sous le choc brutal imposé par la pandémie de COVID-19, la population et le gouvernement du Québec découvrent soudainement l’importance cruciale d’un secteur habituellement très peu valorisé (et très peu financé) : celui de la santé publique.
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From flights cancelled and restaurants closed to companies either slowing or stopping their production, COVID-19 is shutting our economies down. How can the EU reboot them? What should be our fiscal and monetary response to the pandemic?
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In December 2019, an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China. Within weeks, despite efforts to contain the virus in China that included widespread shutdowns of cities and businesses, the number of those infected grew significantly, and beyond China’s borders. As of today, the coronavirus is reported to have spread to over 80 countries, and the list is expected to continue to grow.
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